Mucilin

In article , W. D. Grey
wrote:

How is it used to make line sink ?

No idea. I make my own from fuller's earth with just enough washing up

Am I correct in think it is only to the leader you apply the
Mucilin/Fuller's earth concoction?

Depends what you're trying to do. Sometimes a nominally sinking line will
pick up so much gunk (especially in hot weather) that it floats when casting
short - a sort of self greasing effect. Then a degrease and clean restores
it. If you're fishing a floating line and want to get the leader down then,
yes, just degrease the leader.

It can be worth cleaning the line even if it's still sinking ok but is, say,
sticking in the rings.

Cheerio,

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In article , Derek Moody
writes

Depends what you're trying to do. Sometimes a nominally sinking line will
pick up so much gunk (especially in hot weather) that it floats when casting
short - a sort of self greasing effect. Then a degrease and clean restores
it. If you're fishing a floating line and want to get the leader down then,
yes, just degrease the leader.

Agreed, but I wouldn't put Mucilin sinkant on my lines - only the
leader.

With modern lines you don't know what harm the dressing would do to the
material.
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Bill Grey

In article , W. D. Grey
wrote:
In article , Derek Moody
writes

Depends what you're trying to do. Sometimes a nominally sinking line will
pick up so much gunk (especially in hot weather) that it floats when casting
short - a sort of self greasing effect. Then a degrease and clean restores
it. If you're fishing a floating line and want to get the leader down then,
yes, just degrease the leader.

Agreed, but I wouldn't put Mucilin sinkant on my lines - only the
leader.

With modern lines you don't know what harm the dressing would do to the
material.

I don't use modern lines, well, maybe I do, I wouldn't know. I buy
mill-ends. Generally they're fine bar cosmetic damage - one in every ten or
so is too malformed for use but that's fair enough odds as they're under 4
quid a piece. At that price I don't care if they only last half a season -
though most of them last just as long as any other line and catch more fish
as I don't have to worry about scragging them and so cast into all the
really fishy snags.

Cheerio,

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