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Just curious if anyone has ever tried anything other than Gink, dry fly spray etc for dressing their dry flies. I heard today about a fellow who uses Scothguard. He sprays the hackle before he tieds the flies, that way only the hackle has floatant and the body stays in the water. Anyone else ever used this product or method?? Pros, cons ??

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I've used Muclin and the SA spray stuff, but Gink seems to work best.

It's particularly effective when coupled with Loon High Ride

I suppose you could try anything that's hydrophobic.

Which reminds me, I got some anti-fog stuff for my swim goggles.

I wonder if that would work.

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Hi

 

Almost any grease will work but it may be considered being bait if it is from animal sources.

 

Tight Lines

 

Bill Gouge

 

PS Dave give me a call if you are still on line.

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I knew this existed somewhere.... a FACA discussion on same... and a classic post.

 

http://flyangler.ca/forum/index.php?showto...2&hl=Gink+It+Up

 

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Ahem...

 

Gink it up - lyrics by Scratch

Music by - Rolling stones...

 

 

If you Gink me up

If you Gink me up I'll never sink

If you Gink me up

If you Gink me up I'll never sink

It's been really hot

Mucilins leaking gonna stain stain your top

If you Gink me up

If you Gink me up I'll never sink

 

You make the hopper fly

Spread out the palm, work in the Gink

My humpy's floating, ridin in a mean, mean current seam

Gink it up

 

If you Gink it up

Flick the bottle-top give it all you got, you got, you got

I can't compete with river undercut beats

But If you gink it up

If you like it you can float it up, float it up

 

You make a rainbow rise

Flies on the plate, my fly gets seen

My hands are greasy

Flies floatin high in a mean, river seam

Gink it up

 

If you Gink me up

Give it all you got

You got to never, never, never stop

Never, never

Ride up top

 

You make a Brown_Trout rise

Rides like the wind above the seam

I'll float in places places that you've never, never seen

Gink it up

 

Love the day when we will never stop, never stop

Never stop, never stop

Float me up

Never stop, never stop, never stop

 

You, you, you make a high ride fly

You, you make a rainbow rise

You, you make a rainbow rise

 

 

--------------------

Greg Scratchley (Senior Editor / One of them dudes)

mail: greg@flyangler.ca and um - don't go here

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Loon has a fly dip product that you can submerge you flies into and let them dry. I also used to use a silicon spray that worked well. I use gink for the most part now though, as it works well for me. My only complaint with gink is that it's hard to squeeze out the right amount when it's cold.

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