Fly floatants

[teejay]

I find that sometimes the fish are more interested after the dry fly sinks.

[DarkShadow]

I find that sometimes the fish are more interested after the dry fly sinks.

Confucius say "Dry fly that sink is called wet fly."

[VIVID_FLY]

I use my shirt or small piece of chamois to dry a wet dry fly .... works everytime.... of course high sticking with my AMAGO keeps a fly nice and dry off the water and in the ZONE ...


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[RiverWalker]

AMAGO as in a Tenkara Rod Amago? It's amazing to me how people can catch some decent sized fish without a reel or line to strip in. What is your personal best fish you landed Tenkara style so far?

I use my shirt or small piece of chamois to dry a wet dry fly .... works everytime.... of course high sticking with my AMAGO keeps a fly nice and dry off the water and in the ZONE ...


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[Skyler]

Confucius say "Dry fly that sink is called wet fly."

"And nymph that float is called dry fly."

[RiverWalker]

Or an 'Emerging' fly....lol

"And nymph that float is called dry fly."

[teejay]

I find that sometimes the fish are more interested after the dry fly sinks.

Confucius say "Dry fly that sink is called wet fly."

"And nymph that float is called dry fly."

Or an 'Emerging' fly....lol

Confucius also say:
"Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated."

[Skyler]

Confucius also say:
"Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated."

But he also say, "Making life complicated makes it less boring and gives us something to argue about."

[VIVID_FLY]

AMAGO as in a Tenkara Rod Amago? It's amazing to me how people can catch some decent sized fish without a reel or line to strip in. What is your personal best fish you landed Tenkara style so far?

Blue Gill was about 7.5 inches long ...
LMB was about 1 lb

both caught on #16 dark hare's ear black plastic bead

5x tippet

on SLOW retrieve ...

[tacklejunkie]

If I'm fishing a floating fly I'm usually relying on the elk hairs to keep it floating.
Floatant is just another thing to carry. Another $6 to fork over..

If I'm really having problems keeping it floating I switch back to a monofiliment tippet from a fluorocarbon tippet.

Half the time I'm fishing flies that will go from surface to subsurface and back again anyways and don't need floatant.
Again the right amount of elk hair will help with that, if it is tied on and used right. It is hollow, and makes flies float.. if you don't cut the tips off in a haste of not using a hair stacker.H

Home tied is better than store bought.
I always find store bought flies fall apart faster than home tied.

Skyler and I don't even use "head cement". Whip finishing is usually sufficient by itself.