Just a quick note on the liquid floatant, Gink or any other brand.

I recommend that you only use it on a completely dry fly -- like when you first use the fly that particular day. After it gets wet, more floatant will just seal in the water and make the fly heavier and less buoyant. So after fishing the fly, use dessicant, which is just silica, to dry the fly.

We call the dissicant "shake 'n' bake," and that's the best way to get the fly floatin' high! Of course if you don't want it to sit high on the water . . .

Hope that helps.

Ron