"Mike Connor" wrote:

If you want to get the smell off the materials quickly, just wash them in
warm soapy water, rinse thoroughly, and let them dry. The charcoal will
work, but even better is a box of silica gel. You can obtain this at any
flower shop, it is used for drying plants, among other things.

The best ideas yet, thanks.

It is very loud indeed in a river. Wading is hardly heard even at a
comparatively short distance. Rocks, silt, etc etc are moving all the time,
and water rushing üast obstructions makes a very loud noise. I don´t worry
about noise at all, but I do worry about scent.


Interesting. I know what you mean, but these disturbances all follow patterns
that the fish are used to, when the pattern changes I think (but don't actually
know) they are alerted. It could be much like the way we can pick a familiar
voice out of a throng, or recognize a friend at a distance by some subtle
nuance of motion. I'm going to think about testing this, off hand it seems
like it would be hard to get a good test that wasn't muddled by too many
variables.

Thanks,
Chas

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