Then why to ships made of cement float? When you consider the simple fact
that any hook has enough mass to break the surface film. The foot print
must be large enough do distribute the mass so the surface film is not
broken
In fact what makes a dry fly a dry is that the weight of the fly is countered by the buoyancy of the materials, the weight is spread over a large area, and the fact that the surface area is greater than what is needed to pierce the "skin" of the water.
If you take a dry hook, and the same material used to tie any dry fly and bind them tightly to the hook in a "clump" it would sink. Due to the fact that by design the mass of the fly is spread over a greater area, it causes the fly to ride on the "skin" of the water.
The same goes for a ship. Take a sheet of steel and roll it into a rod and it will sink. Take the same sheet and flatten it out, shape it into a "boat" and it will float.
Delbert (Del) Roberts
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