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As a kid fishing for catfish on the east coast, my father somehow figured out that if you sprayed WD-40 on clam snouts you caught very large channel cats, go figure? I was talking about that to a friend of mine who worked at a cannery in Alaska for 15 years and he said he kept a boat up there, they go fishing for Chinook and would spray there herring with WD-40 and he said they absolutely loved it, they’d take it over a non-sprayed herring any day. Go figure? With catfish I was always convinced that it didn’t have anything to do with covering up the human scent, more of an attractant, but with Chinook?
As a side note, I smoke, and there are times when I think, hmm, the scent must be getting on my fly, but I’ve still caught fish, and believe it or not, even caught a fish or two when other people weren’t. Also, as David said, I’ve found a number of times where my floatant leaves a slick on the water when I drop it in and it still seems to catch fish, although this always bothered me. Just my two cents…
Thanks, Ryan Davey "The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself."
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I know some gear fisherman use WD-40 to cover up human scent,but I never heard of using anything like that on flies except fly fishing for carp and a guy I know uses shrimp oil on his flies said it works like a charm. Dan |
- Re: human scent Ryan Davey
- Re: human scent rustyhook
