After discussing things with Gary (fly instructor and a guy who had his 30# wire tippet broken on a musky with me a couple years ago), I think I am going to really shorten things up..........only 4-6 inches of 30# fluoro coming off the main line and then directly to 30#/6-inch titanium bite tippet when using sinking line. I am really worried about pulling all those loops/knots through my guides while stripping all the way down to the bite tippet and then going into the fig-8.