05-07-2009, 04:18 AM
Aquel and Frogs Fanny. Those are the two I use.
Aquel lasts longer but Frogs Fanny gets the fly to shed the water better. Do use the brush to smear the flakes into the body and the hackle.
Some times I use Duck butt oil on the CDC but a tiny bit goes a long way. Otherwise you end up that slicked back 50's look that DryRod or FG mentioned.
As FG mentioned Musclin is used by a lot of people. It does come in a flat round canister. I have never used it though.
The first time I used the Frogs Fanny I was fishing a small windy meadow stream. It was a great day and a great day of fishing. I would be fishing along and realize it had been a few minutes since I had had any attention to my royal wulff. This would cause me to think that my the fly might be riding a little lower in the water. Stop put the frogs fanny on and make a cast and bang a fish would rush up from the depths and smack it. Repeated this for several hours.
The Aquel did not produce the same result this day.
Frogs Fanny you have to apply more often than a gel or paste floatant.
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Aquel lasts longer but Frogs Fanny gets the fly to shed the water better. Do use the brush to smear the flakes into the body and the hackle.
Some times I use Duck butt oil on the CDC but a tiny bit goes a long way. Otherwise you end up that slicked back 50's look that DryRod or FG mentioned.
As FG mentioned Musclin is used by a lot of people. It does come in a flat round canister. I have never used it though.
The first time I used the Frogs Fanny I was fishing a small windy meadow stream. It was a great day and a great day of fishing. I would be fishing along and realize it had been a few minutes since I had had any attention to my royal wulff. This would cause me to think that my the fly might be riding a little lower in the water. Stop put the frogs fanny on and make a cast and bang a fish would rush up from the depths and smack it. Repeated this for several hours.
The Aquel did not produce the same result this day.
Frogs Fanny you have to apply more often than a gel or paste floatant.
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