Fly Floatant

Ken,

What is "top posting"?

You forget, I have a reading handicap and an old generation brain.

--
Bill Kiene



Kiene's Fly Shop
Sacramento, CA, USA

Web site: www.kiene.com


"Ken Fortenberry" wrote in message
...
Bill Kiene wrote:

Hi Ken,

I think the wily Amadou is now on the endangered species list?

(bad joke)

PS: I think you are right on with the Frogs Fanny and Amadou though.

Yeah, it works really well, better than floatant I think.

There's a marketing opportunity for you and Waldo. Nobody wants to
pay Orvis $20 for fifty cents worth of Amadou attached to a $19.50
piece of leather and a d-ring. Especially since the leather and
d-ring are useless when the Amadou wears out.

(You're top posting BTW, keep it up and you'll grow nose warts. ;-)

--
Ken Fortenberry

Ken,

What is "top posting"?

You forget, I have a reading handicap and an old generation brain.

--
Bill Kiene



Kiene's Fly Shop
Sacramento, CA, USA

Web site: www.kiene.com


"Ken Fortenberry" wrote in message
...
Bill Kiene wrote:

Hi Ken,

I think the wily Amadou is now on the endangered species list?

(bad joke)

PS: I think you are right on with the Frogs Fanny and Amadou though.

Yeah, it works really well, better than floatant I think.

There's a marketing opportunity for you and Waldo. Nobody wants to
pay Orvis $20 for fifty cents worth of Amadou attached to a $19.50
piece of leather and a d-ring. Especially since the leather and
d-ring are useless when the Amadou wears out.

(You're top posting BTW, keep it up and you'll grow nose warts. ;-)

--
Ken Fortenberry

"Ken Fortenberry" wrote:
I no longer use floatant at all, I use Frog Fanny and an Amadou.
I'm still using the Frog Fanny I bought two years ago but I'm
down to my last Amadou. I've not been able to find genuine Amadou
here in the states. The fly shops sell a synthetic version called
Samadou that doesn't work nearly as well.

Me too. The local fly shops still have amadou in stock, but I find
myself carrying only one piece of it. After a couple of hours of good
catching, the amadou is pretty soaked and I usually resort to using my
shirttail.

Charlie,
planning to get rich marketing amadou shirts.

"Charlie Wilson" wrote in message
...

"Ken Fortenberry" wrote:
I no longer use floatant at all, I use Frog Fanny and an Amadou.
I'm still using the Frog Fanny I bought two years ago but I'm
down to my last Amadou. I've not been able to find genuine Amadou
here in the states. The fly shops sell a synthetic version called
Samadou that doesn't work nearly as well.

Me too. The local fly shops still have amadou in stock, but I find
myself carrying only one piece of it. After a couple of hours of good
catching, the amadou is pretty soaked and I usually resort to using my
shirttail.

Charlie,
planning to get rich marketing amadou shirts.

Go with the cotton-amadou blend......wears well and, in a pinch, you can
make soup.

Wolfgang
friend of the american.....and french.....farmer.

Charlie Wilson wrote:
"Ken Fortenberry" wrote:
I no longer use floatant at all, I use Frog Fanny and an Amadou.
I'm still using the Frog Fanny I bought two years ago but I'm
down to my last Amadou. I've not been able to find genuine Amadou
here in the states. The fly shops sell a synthetic version called
Samadou that doesn't work nearly as well.

Me too. The local fly shops still have amadou in stock, but I find
myself carrying only one piece of it. After a couple of hours of good
catching, the amadou is pretty soaked and I usually resort to using my
shirttail.


Although they're great for other things, that's the big disadvantage of
nylon and other synthetics. They also do a bad job of cleaning your
sunglasses.

Charlie, who stocks the Amadou locally?

Willi

Charlie Wilson wrote:
"Ken Fortenberry" wrote:
I no longer use floatant at all, I use Frog Fanny and an Amadou.
I'm still using the Frog Fanny I bought two years ago but I'm
down to my last Amadou. I've not been able to find genuine Amadou
here in the states. The fly shops sell a synthetic version called
Samadou that doesn't work nearly as well.

Me too. The local fly shops still have amadou in stock, but I find
myself carrying only one piece of it. After a couple of hours of good
catching, the amadou is pretty soaked and I usually resort to using my
shirttail.


Although they're great for other things, that's the big disadvantage of
nylon and other synthetics. They also do a bad job of cleaning your
sunglasses.

Charlie, who stocks the Amadou locally?

Willi

George Cleveland wrote:

Okay all you junior chemists here is the pertinent question. How many
of you are actually using Albolene straight out of the jar instead of
plunking down your $3.50 at the counter of the local fly shop/
discount store when your little plastic bottle goes dry?

Yo.

--
Cut "to the chase" for my email address.

George Cleveland wrote in
:

Okay all you junior chemists here is the pertinent question. How many
of you are actually using Albolene straight out of the jar instead of
plunking down your $3.50 at the counter of the local fly shop/
discount store when your little plastic bottle goes dry?


g.c.


Not me. I can understand the DIY principle, but when it comes to saving
$3.50 per season (if that), it seems out of whack not to just pick up some
floatant from my local shop. Seems like a fair trade in exchange for the
wealth of info, support, and good conversation that I've gotten out of my
three local flyshops for years.

That said, I don't know what I would do about floatant if I didn't have a
convenient local shop.

Scott

"George Cleveland" wrote in message
...

Okay all you junior chemists here is the pertinent question. How
many
of you are actually using Albolene straight out of the jar instead
of
plunking down your $3.50 at the counter of the local fly shop/
discount store when your little plastic bottle goes dry?

I've been using Albolene for about twenty years. I've bought a couple
of others when I forgot to refill with Albolene or lost it. Haven't
noticed a significant difference among them. Might as well stay with
the cheap stuff.

Wolfgang

On Sat, 21 Aug 2004 16:29:11 GMT, (Goat) wrote:

The area I live in does not have a flyshop within an hour drive. After
gas or shipping charges from mail order (not to mention the wait)
floatant ends up costing twice as much, but
more than that it is just becoming a pain in the butt.
This leads me to my question.
Does anybody know how I can make my own floatant? Something I can
pick-up at the hardware store or grocery store prehaps?
What did the "old timers" use as floatant in the days before LL Bean?

Thanks

(new to group, so if this is a beaten horse..... Sorry)


Okay all you junior chemists here is the pertinent question. How many
of you are actually using Albolene straight out of the jar instead of
plunking down your $3.50 at the counter of the local fly shop/
discount store when your little plastic bottle goes dry?


g.c.