Fly Floatant; What Kind do you Use?

[Aftershaft]

I basically only use Loon Aquel. It doesn't leave a slick unless you put too much on and it supposedly masks human scents. I think it floats flies longer than anything else I've used.

Frogs Fanny, IMHO, doesn't last more than a few floats at most (for me) and where I live you lose 1/2 the application and part of what's in the container from just by putting it on one fly because it can be windy here. I guess "can be" is an understatement <g>

Mixing it with fly drying beads seems to help.

[Fly Goddess]

I took an old Chap Stick tube and stuffed it with Mucilin. Works great and a little neoprene sleeve for chap sticks on the landyard to hold it.
Plus Frogs Fanny. It is a bit messy but much finer than any of those other shake dry. It sticks to the fly. I do wipe any over spray off my tippet. It is by far my favorite. Try it on a pupa or an emerger and it gives the effect of an air bubble like on the real thing.

[rabbitearscarver]

Great info.. got me to thinking it would be fun to do a Consumer Reports-style product test. You could have the same person tie up a couple dozen Bivisibles, same size and materials, and then douse 'em with all the different brands of snake oil and drop them one at a time into a Jacuzzi with the pump on low. See who floats the longest! Great Science Fair project..

[flyandtie]

If I had the floatants I would do it!!

[ohiotuber]

One little hint...whatever floatant you use..."less is more"...do not put it on thickly, or it will sink the fly.
Mike

[EdD]

Gink

[Fry Flier]

Myself I prefer the Red Muscilin paste, I use it on the flies and on my furled leaders.
Quick clean and all natural, because it is not a petroleum based floatant it does not seem to pick up the dirt particles in the water so it seems to float the leaders better.

[J Castwell]

For many years (30? or better) I used some nasty stuff from Jack's Fly Shop in Roscommon, Michigan. It would light on fire, had some paraffin in it I think and I'm not sure if I want to venture a guess as to what else. It cleaned gunk from my dry flies, floated them OK and left a ring. Never seemed to bother the fish nor me. illegal now I think as it would probably kill you if you drank several gallons or whatever.

[Gig]

Gink

Cheers

[CaseyP]

Fly Sauce.

lasts longer than frog fanny, doesn't have seasonal differences in its flow-ability like gink, doesn't make me sneeze like those shakers, doesn't put fish off like a couple of other goos i've tried.

made by Angling Evolutions, 345 Karcher Rd, Nampa, ID 83687 and a true pain to try to find in the East.

worth it, though!