My Weekend Trip

[Baybum79]

I had a great time up at the lake. Got skunked. But despite the windy conditions I feel I got some good practice in trying the various casts suggested to me on this forum. Thanks to all the suggestions.

I used various flies, one of which was a harewater pup, which got water logged. Learning experience, I did not know to waterproof it.

Can I get some suggestions on the various products used to remedy this?

Thanks.

[branhap]

Cortland makes a gel that you lightly rub into a fly. Comes in a small little circle container. Don't use this stuff on an flies with CDC feathers though. I've used this and it works quite well.

I also like to keep Silicone dust for removing fish slime and for CDC flies.

Paul

[jimsnarocks]

Hi and welcome to Faol. What lake did you go to if you don't mind my asking.
I use Gink to float'em and xink to sink'em. There's lots of products available for floating dries and keeping dries floating. Frog's fanny works good on dries too. Jim

[garb72]

I use Gink to float'em and xink to sink'em.

+1 this stuff works great

[sagefisher]

Baybum79,

I do a lot of guided fishing trips and I pay attention to what the guides use and suggest, after all, they are the experts in my opinion.

For really big dry flies, many of my guides use a paste called Mucilin (either red or green), a product made in England but sold in many fly shops and catalog stores.

For the 'normal' sized dry flies my guides use a gel type product, either a Loon product called Aquel or the Gink product.

For really small dry flies the best thing to use is a powder, either a Loon product called Topride or anotehr good one is Frogs Fanny.

I own all of these products and use all of them. They all work great.

Larry ---sagefisher---