Floatant
I need a good floatant for dry flys etc. Anyone have any home ideas or remedies.
thanks
TonyC.
Thanks everyone, here I sit tying flys, temperature dropping from 40 the low teens and winds to 40 mph. Don't feel like going out, "talk about me getting lazy." I can't wait for summer.
Thanks again
TonyC.
THE SUGGESTIONS ARE GREAT,I WON'T BURN THE HOUSE DOWN ALTHOUGH THE TEMP. IS A RECORRD 0' DEGREES.
I HAVE RAIN X, AND WILL BE SURE TO BUY GINK AND TRY OTHERS WHEN I GET TO THE FLY SHOP.
TonyC.
Albolene...
http://www.albolenecleanser.com/Facts.html
Gink.
not to steal your thread but at fly shops is there floatant on the flies that you can purchase? sorry this may be a stupid Q but i've never bought any flies from shops
WWFF
Rain-X . Dip fly, shake off excess, wait 24 hrs and you're ready to go.
Regards,
Scott
Definetly Gink
I've heard about some folks making a concoction out of kerosene and parafin wax as a floatant. It may be "good" for fast water, though the mini oil slick = bad kharma, IMHO. No idea about the specific recipe. I have no experience with pretreating flies with Sno-Seal, or Scotch Guard type of products though I believe others on this board have mentioned doing so.
Warmwater- Fly shops do sell dry fly floatants, which can be silicone powder, paste, or sprays to apply on-stream to flies. ( I like the paste type, but use the silicone powder type to restore flies after they have been worked and slimed over by a fish). Most commercially sold dry flies, to my knowledge, are not pretreated with flotants. The few that I have seen that have been pretreated are identified as such, to help sell them. Even if they were pretreated, I'd still want floatant with me.
peregrines
Frog Fanny; since I started using it my liquid Mucillin, Gink, etc, just collects lint.
I think the question was about "home brewed"
The simpler the outfit, the more skill it takes to manage it, and the more pleasure one gets in his achievements.
--- Horace Kephart
Gink is $3 a bottle, a bottle will last a year or more. Why bother with a half baked home brew that will not work anywhere near as well???
The man who coined the phrase "Money can't buy happiness", never bought himself a good fly rod!
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