"Ken Fortenberry" wrote


CDC notwithstanding that is a *lot* of Frog's Fanny. A whole bottle
every two days ?!!? Have you ever tried an Amadou ? I find if I gently
squeeze the fly with an Amadou I don't need near as much Frog's Fanny.

I can't find them in the US, only the synthetic substitute Samadou, but
it's available overseas.



No, but I bought some type of thingy suggested to me by Rene Harrop late
last season, I believe it's Elk hide tanned a certain way by the Shoshone.
It did seem to make the whole 'keep floating' thing easier, and it dangles
permanantly from my vest now.

Another thing besides the CDC that I face on my preferred waters is a huge
amount of biological gunk in the water because the streams are so super
rich. The later you go in the season the greater this is true, late in the
year it's hard to keep any fly line or fly floating for any length of time,
even a few minutes. It clings to flies and makes them sink in the same way
you might rub a wet fly with weeds to intentionally sink it. When I fish
freestones with less algae(sp?) and whatever suspended I always notice how
easy it is to keep flies clean and floating ( lines too ).

Hum, other floatant factors that are relative to water type
.... I very often fish down stream using a Fall River twitch and that
causes the fly to be pulled under and get waterlogged as it swings out of
the fish's lane before you can pick it up to recast
..... the flat water and spooky fish teach one to avoid drops of water
splashing on them and avoid false casting as much as possible, period
so I'll often re-dry by hand when a few strong false casts would flick the
water out in less touchy situations
..... I can think of a few more, but one thing I notice on this and other
FFing forums is that water type fished leads directly to angler opinions and
what is truly 'expert' on one type will barely work on a different type ...
all inquiries and answers should probably touch on the water type involved

...... as in all of life, point of view determines what you see G