Fishing with Rod Discussion Forum
Fishing in British Columbia => Fly Fishing Cafe => Topic started by: fishgutz63 on June 09, 2011, 07:09:39 AM
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just wanted to know if anyone out there ever use scents /attractants on their flies
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Nope.. if you do tho .. you might as well just fish with bait
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Just keep in mind that if you do,check your regs to make sure you're not on a flyfishing only lake or stream ;)
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-- Havent on flies yet but might give it a try in a catch and keep fishery.
--I sometimes use scent when fishing for kokanee on spoons or plugs.. many hoochie style attractors .
--I use anise as well as shrimp and crayfish, should work on small attractor fly behind a sling blade or mini dodger.
--Thinking about it though, there might be some scent on silicone sprays and other floatants used on dry's... I never thought that by applying floatants I may have been adding a scent that was attracting fish and was not the intention of using the floatant, but I guiess it could be conscidered scent.
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Mike that was one of the things I covered in the class you missed.
You don't want to put scent on your flies, it turns them into a sticky blob. If you want to use scent put it on your leader and tippet. With scent you are trying to create a scent trail, so putting it on your leader will do the trick. WD40 works as good as any.
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great input newsman!
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the only time i put sent on flies is on egg flies and sometimes minnow patterns.