Cooking Spray

[Panman]

My cousin sent me this fishing tip: To create super smooth long casts coat your fly fishing line with cooking spray. I replied: Where did you get it? Some things can really mess up a fly line. Cousin replied. From a fishing tip desk calendar my neighbor has.


Any comment? Pro or Con.

Tim

[rainbowchaser]

You are essentially putting a thin coat of vegatable oil on the line. It might lubricate the first couple of casts but I suspect it would be more than neutralized by the buildup of gunk trapped in the film of oil after a few casts in most waters.

[sagefisher]

Tim,

Have you ever noticed how around the spray nozzle the stuff gums up really bad, sometimes not even letting you spray until you scrub it off and it is also very sticky feeling. Just picture that building up on your fly line and reel and guides and rod and gloves and hands and .......................

They make treatments for lines. Stay with them.

Larry ---sagefisher---

[bobbyg]

Try Glide.

[kbproctor]

I still have a bottle of Zipcast that works like a dream. I don't know if you can even get it anymore.

[Panman]

Guys - I use Zipcast. I thought the tip was not so hot but rather than give cous my opinion I thought I would get some input from you guys.

Tim

[Marco]

Without doing a thorough analytical study, as is true with MANY products, when a new target market ( you will forgive the now PC misuse of "target) is found, the original price quadruples under a different name and application. This may be the case here.

Mark
PS: Next time I use PAM, I'll think about using it on my fly line. And then, on the other hand, TARGET is THE word!!

[fishdog54]

Panman,

I have seen this suggestion elsewhere, but they used it to keep their guides free of ice, not to put on actual line. I'm sure that some of the cooking oil will find its way onto the line, which probably is not a good thing. Are all actual line speed solutions synthetic (petroleum based), or are some of them made from plant or fish matter. Maybe the "official" stuff is made from vegetable oil???

Best regards, Dave S.

[Kerry Stratton]

I wash my lines with a mild detergent, rinse, and dry. Nothing more and they cast like they were new. I left the chemicals back in the mid seventies.

[Wes]

all high end non stick cookware mfg's emphatically state "do not use spray oil". it leaves a residue that is at very least difficult to remove.