The tippet is usually the smallest gauge line on your rig and is virtually invisible to the fish. Tippet is also very flexible and allows your fly to float or swim more naturally. Normally the tippet is 2 to 4 feet in length and matches, or is smaller than, the diameter of the leader's tip.
Noun. 1. ichor - (Greek mythology) the rarified fluid said to flow in the veins of the Gods.Greek mythology-the mythology of the ancient Greeks. fluid-a substance that is fluid at room temperature and pressure.chor. n. 1. (Classical Myth & Legend) Greek myth the fluid said to flow in the veins of the gods. 2. (Pathology) pathol a foul-smelling watery discharge from a wound or ulcer. [C17: from Greek ikhÅr, of obscure origin].
Orcus [Haides] is also a god; and the fabled streams of the lower world, Acheron, Cocytus and Pyriphlegethon, and also Charon and also Cerberus are to be deemed gods. No, you say, we must draw the line at that; well then, Orcus is not a god either.. Oppian, Halieutica 3. 485 (trans. Mair) (Greek poet C3rd A.D.) :