Yeah, but that is a glass of still water. Tie one on and cast it out and the dirt you can't see will get on it and the current swirling around will add to the fly collecting junk,
Do You Pretreat Your Dry Flies At The Tying Bench?
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Flyagra for sure. Easy to find and it works. Although I am hearing some interesting different ideas. Have also used loon lo has but it costs more. Always wanted to make my own flyagra but it sounds like there might be a flame involved in that situation. Probably not a good idea for me
It lasts a long time, and even after it starts to wear off the exposed parts it helps keep dubbed flies' interiors from getting waterlogged, that effect lasts forever. Seems to work better on some flies than others, works great on Usuals. On the water, I really like the blown silica stuff like Frogs Fanny that you work in with a little brush. It works great on cdc and snowshoe wings.
I Scotchgarded my flies a couple times. First I learned if you just put them loose in a box and spray them, they’ll fly out. You have to tape them down or something like that. Ultimately I guess I decided it wasn’t worth it. I still had to apply normal floatant anyway, so it wasn’t worth the trouble.
cdnred
Life of the Party
How much difference is there between adding floatant at time of tying and placing the fly in a floatant bottle when on the water..? Just wondering is there's that much of a difference that instead it may be better to just wait and place the fly in the bottle at river's edge as needed..
The Loon Hydrostop label said to soak for five minutes and then dry overnight. The stuff I'm using from SW doesn't say soak for five minutes, but I still dry them overnight. Also, I wouldn't want to spill this stuff in a stream.
Are you letting them dry thoroughly before the bucket test?Zak, I bought some of this yesterday and dunked some flies, boobies to be exact, to see if I can get them to float in a more horizontal orientation.
Test results pending.
wetline dave
Steelhead
Nope, I fish my dry patterns wet in the film. My thoughts are they are more visible to the fish and I know I get more takes
Dave
Dave
Not sure I understand. I've got a plastic box near my vise with the silicone bottle, tweezers and a paper towel. It doesn't take much time to dunk a few flies and put them on the paper towel to dry. And it's a pretty simple system.
But if putting the flies in a holding pen as you tie them until the night before you go fishing and then treating them all at once works better for you, go for it!
The stuff I'm taking about is marketed as permanent waterproofing. I guess that still means the same amount of time either way.
Sorry, I'm just not following what you are saying. I don't remember suggesting treating the flies the night before a trip. But I can totally see the sense in buying a bunch of flies and treating them all at once.
