Last night I was reading the new issue of the flyfishing and tying
journal and in the article on great lakes winter steelhead fishing they
mention stanley's ice off paste made by loon products. I guess it
supposedly works well and is safe for the environment. I ordered some
today and will see how it works.
-sean
Jere Crosby wrote:
> After listening to all the legal rangling in Florida, I had this thought
> about the use of WD40. You've finished fishing a drift, cranked up your fly
> to your WD40 immersed tip-top, and off you go down the trail to your next
> haunt only to run into Smoky the Bear. He inspects your soggy,soaked WD40
> streamer, that looks like a Jeff Hale tied fly after several hours in the
> Lozeau Tavern(that's where Jeff and I hung out during a Clark Fork forage),
> and sees the can protruding out of your vest.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Kent Lufkin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Thursday, November 16, 2000 3:50 PM
> Subject: Re: Report
>
>
>
>> Sean,
>>
>> Try spraying your guides with WD40 before you start fishing - it
>> repels water and keeps it from building up on the guides and
>> freezing. You might have to keep a small can in your vest and respray
>> from time to time if it becomes a real problem.
>>
>> Kent Lufkin
>>
>>
>>
>>> far my biggest fish ever on a fly. It was also freezing out. The
>>> whole time I was fighting him I was having to break ice out of my
>>> guides every couple minutes so the line wouldn't get stuck. Very
>>> tricky when you have a fish that size on. Any suggestions on how to
>>> combat this cause it is a pain in the...
>>
>>
