Pretreating dry flies

[6xAdams(Jones)]

Gink is a gel. Its been said that it is basically aboline hand cream, which is a mix of mineral oil and other petroleum stuff.

On a cold morning, it's a gel that one can barely squeeze out of the bottle. As it warms up, it's more of a light grease that will squirt all over the place if you're not careful.

 

[CRB]

I pre treat with Watershed as the last step of finishing off the dry fly the night of tying. I put them away the next day in my fly box. They float well and treat with Fumed Silica when needed.

 

[RichFishbelt]

It sounds like a good idea
But didn't turn out to be very practical for me.
After doing this for 40 + years, I just have too many flies built up to keep track of what's treated and what's not.

And I did try it one time.
Quite a few years ago now, a fly pretreatment called Water Shed came out.

It sounds like a good idea
But didn't turn out to be very practical for me.
After doing this for 40 + years, I just have too many flies built up to keep track of what's treated and what's not.

And I did try it one time.
Quite a few years ago now, a fly pretreatment called Water Shed came out.
Claimed to waterproof flies by putting one drop of it on right after tying.
But the flies that I treated with it didn't float well at all

Watershed didn't work for me.

 

[RichFishbelt]

FlyAgra is the only floatant that worked as a pre-treatment from those that I've tried.