Perhaps a fly built in the shape of a boat hull, named the USS Gink..... ?
>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 11/13/02 04:24PM >>> If what you are saying is true, then a concrete dry fly should float also. is that correct????? Alan Di Somma Phoenix,Az. http://www.azod.com http://www.azflycasters.org/ "Deep Thoughts" Why does mineral water that has trickled through mountains for centuries have a "Use By" date? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Don Ordes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2002 8:33 AM Subject: Re: [VFB] Dry Flies 102 > Chris wins! { 8^ ))) > > Yeah!!! Key word is bouyancy. Concrete ships or flies, displacement is > the physics. > Surface tension is the 'vehicle' by which a fly is displacing water, not > absorbing it- as would be a hole in the hull of the ship. The weight of the > volume of water in the 'dent' in the surface of the water caused by the fly > is equal to the weight of the fly. If a ship weighs more than the pocket of > water it displaces, it sinks. > > What helps is that once the fly is wet and under the water, it weighs less. > > Huh? > > Over... > > DonO > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Chris Broomell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2002 7:51 AM > Subject: Re: [VFB] Dry Flies 102 > > > > Can't be just an issue of mass. This has to do with weight (which is > > different) and/or density. No matter what the mass is, if it's > distributed > > such that the forces involved in maintaining surface tension aren't > > overcome...the fly will float. Even if the hook breaks the surface film > it > > can still float if the total weight of the hook/feathers/fur/water > absorbed > > by the fly is LESS than the weight of the volume of water displaced by the > > fly. Floatant helps...it keeps the fly from absorbing water (allows less > > weight distribution to bug and helps to maintain "exclusion" from the > > surface film). > > > > > > > > >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 > > >
