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Fly Tying Floatant?
I was watching a youtube video the other day and the person made mention of something they applied to their dry flies just after tying them. I took a brief stab at it with google but figured my time would be better spent asking on here. Anyone know what they may have been talking about? Maybe they were simply referring to regular floatants that they simply applied right there at the bench?



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Re: [ChrisTheFish] Fly Tying Floatant? In reply to
http://www.mwflytying.com/...rials/watershed.html

Orvis has one too I think. I have tried them, I even used Scotch Guard as it works great on furniture.
But, in the end, if a trout slimes it, even a couple of hits, it will sink. Plus it doesn't mention CDC which a lot of my dry flies have.
Cheap enough to try.

I just use Muscilin Red (the Green contain's Silicon which is a no no with Bamboo, so I do not use it) and Frog Fanny...that is all I need.
The Mucilin is also fantastic for leaders because it comes with a little sponge pad.




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(This post was edited by flygoddess on May 23, 2011, 10:16 AM)

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Re: [ChrisTheFish] Fly Tying Floatant? In reply to
I have used "Camp Dry" which is a silicone spray for tent waterproofing. It works ok, but as FG said it gets slimed too, and then you still need floatant.

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Re: [cpierce] Fly Tying Floatant? In reply to
lots of stuff used even gone so far as when im out used oil off of the nose. Surprisingly the nose oil floats the best believe it or not.

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Re: [Bmarsh] Fly Tying Floatant? In reply to
The nose is a good idea, I will probably get a chance to try that sometime. My favorite emergency floatant is chapstick!

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Re: [cpierce] Fly Tying Floatant? In reply to
I always use the nose oil when putting my rod pieces together...never had them stickWink I have never used chapstik, but thought about it. Specially when the guys at Camp Chef were giving out "Bacon" flavored chapstix and yes, it smells like bacon.




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Re: [flygoddess] Fly Tying Floatant? In reply to
hmmmm I wonder how the fishies would like bacon in the morning.. :-).. but.. it is a petrolium based product so shoule be an excellent floatant... ??

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