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
Support Engineer
MSN NOC GSC
"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
