The new tippet is available in three types including Freshwater nylon, Saltwater hard mono and Fluorocarbon. All of these come on new color coded spools for easy identification, green for freshwater, blue for saltwater and orange for fluorocarbon. The spools are also translucent so anglers can now see exactly how much material is left on the spool, and to ensure that the material does not degenerate from UV exposure the spools are molded with UV inhibitors.

The tippet is available in a wide range of sizes ranging from 0X all the way up to 40lb. Anglers will notice the tippets have excellent diameters for their breaking strength and each spool is loaded with 30 meters of material with is nearly 10% more than competing offerings.

The freshwater tippet is a proprietary nylon polymer which is formulated for suppleness, low memory and strength. The saltwater tippet is also nylon based and formulated for more powerful presentations and the fluorocarbon polymer is formulated to abrasion resistance, low visibility and excellent knot strength.

Scientific Anglers went a step further with the new spools by introducing a new line management system. To make pulling the right length of tippet both quicker and easier a built in cutter is integrated into the edge of each spool. 

In the center of each spool anglers will find a red colored "hub" which can be pushed outwards allowing the tippet to lock into other spools, including some traditional tippet spools.

This free wheeling hub allows the new tippet spool to spin freely when joined. When joined a simple press of the hub downwards immediately separates all spools.

The spools are labeled on the outside with a new water resistant label to prevent cracking and peeling and the elastic retainers are also labeled for easy identification making it easy to identify the tippet even when the spools are joined together.

The retainers also have an extra tag which can be pulled in reverse to spool the excess tippet back onto the spool. All in all this is as good as it gets when it comes to tippet line management.

The new tippet spool design is clever and the fact that the engineers at Scientific Anglers thought about details like waterproof label material, an adjustable free spinning hub design and even a UV resistant spool material just goes to show just how far the company is willing to go to make fly fishing both easier and more effective. The new tipper spools are just hitting stores now and fly fishermen ca expect both the freshwater and saltwater tippet to retail for $4.99 per spool and the fluorocarbon to retail for $17.50 per spool.