Using Water Shed

[rabmax]

Hello all i recently bought some Water Shed & tried it on a couple of flies a few days ago. Tried the flies this morning in a glass of water & it looks like amazing stuff.But does the Water Shed application last for the life of the fly or do you have to reapply the treatment . Cheers

[mancfly]

Good point rabmax!
Firstly, i have not had to use Gink for ages thanks to Watershed. If the fly gets a bit sodden i just use Frogs Fanny to dry it, and its as pert as can be!
As far as how long Watershed lasts, i have no idea other than i have used several treated patterns over many months without having to re treat them.

[horses50]

Not having used watershed surely if you have got to use frogs fanny as well what is the purpose of useing watershed?

[rabmax]

Cheers Mancfly.

[Mrtrout]

Originally Posted by horses50

Not having used watershed surely if you have got to use frogs fanny as well what is the purpose of useing watershed?

I feel it's a one trick wonder, IMO.
I tried it on my furled leaders, but it had no staying power whatsoever.
Can't beat a good old mucilin for lasting effect.
S.

[BRUCE1]

Originally Posted by mrtrout

I feel it's a one trick wonder, IMO.
I tried it on my furled leaders, but it had no staying power whatsoever.
Can't beat a good old mucilin for lasting effect.
S.

or better still for me personally IMO Dilly Wax

[Mrtrout]

Originally Posted by BRUCE1

or better still for me personally IMO Dilly Wax

Never tried it Bruce, but I will bow to your superior knowledge,
S.

[mancfly]

Originally Posted by mrtrout

Can't beat a good old mucilin for lasting effect.
S.

Yes, and several coats over time by your own account. Totally agree with you there regarding furled leaders. But for flies i prefer Watershed.

[royvs]

Originally Posted by BRUCE1

or better still for me personally IMO Dilly Wax

Dilly Wax for me, too.

Get it from Spiders Plus

[Chris Reeves]

Guys you are mixing your physics here,

Watershed is a waterproofing material that stops water penetrating into fibres. It can wash off or rather out and therefore flies will eventually need some attention. It is of no use on leaders as it is not a floatant and leaders will not absord it.

Dilly Wax of course is a floatant. It adheres to materials and is lighter in density than water and therefore floats.
Mucilin and other floatants all have similar properties and don't work as well on flies as they clog up idividual fibres.

I use Watershed at the tying bench only, adding it to the seals fur or other dubbing before dressing the fly.

On the river I use gink which seems to dry faster and doesn't sink the fly when wet, I also carry an Amadou patch , a bottle of dry shake and an absorbant cloth. With a combination of washing, blowing, dry shake and a couple of brisk false casts even the most bedraggled fly can be made to work again, and if it takes 2 minutes so what, how many fish do you want to catch in an hour??

Regards