Didn't say I did it or approved of it, just said I'd heard of it.
-John
Mel Hocken <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Putting WD40 on a fly or lure then putting it in a water system is a
blatant form of pollution. We are destroying our environment at every
turn. Why needlessly add to the problem????
Mel
John Martinez wrote:
> Just to toss in another couple of cents, when this topic came up on
> another list it started out as someone having a question about WD40 on
> flies. I think it was someone on the VFB list who mentioned some
> guides do it to mask the scent of tobacco, insect repellent, suntan
> lotion, etc and that it works best mainly in lakes that have a lot of
> outboard boat traffic since the fish get used to the scent of
> petroleum byproducts in the water. Other things mentioned were putting
> anise oil on your hands to mask scent or using anise or clove scented
> soap. Don't know if this stuff is an attractant to fish or would just
> cover up smells that might put them off. One of the guys said he just
> takes some river bank mud and rubs it on his hands and the fly (not
> dries!) to hopefully make the fly seem more natural to the local
> waters. Other guys mentioned rubbing fish slime from the first catch
> on the fly, probably this is why flies that have caught a fish already
> seem to work better. Just curious as to what other tricks VFB'ers
> might use.
>
> -John
>
> Richard Zieger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
>
> I don't add attractants to my flies. But I do use every fly
> of a pattern
> that I have with me when the fish are hiting. I believe that
> the hit the
> fly better after it has caught one or two fish than it did
> before.
>
> I can use 3 or 4 dozen flies in one day because I am
> chainging themso much.
> But it seems to help on the slow days by fising a used and a
> new fly.
>
> Rick
>
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