Ok, so this will be blindingly obvious to you guys, I'm sure:

The last three or four feet of my floating line sinks. That doesn't concern me at all because I invariably fish with sunk flies. But will it be a problem if I want to fish dries/emergers? I'm keen to give that a go, but am wondering if the sinking end of my floating line might not tend to drag my dry flies under.

Was toying with the idea of maybe applying a wee spot of vaseline or some such to keep the end of the line up on the surface, but then thought that maybe wasn't such a good idea - I do know that vaseline isn't recommended for use with certain rubber products ( ) so figured it might interact badly with a fly line!

If it's a good idea to do some maintenance on the fly line to keep it floating, is there some non-damaging product out there?

Cheers,

Neil

Mucilin line floatant. but vaseline would probably do the same job.

Jim

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Hi
Sometimes if you are fishing heavy flies the first few feet may sink.
Try casting with some ghinked up wool and se if its still sinking.
If it is add some mucilin floatant to the fly line,if this doesnt help it may be a faulty line.

John

Jim you beat me to it.

If the above advise fails. Buy a new floating line and use your existing as a sink tip.

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is the end of the fly line sealed ,if not and it has a braided core ,it will ingress water up the braid making the tip sink ......,if it is sealed then add some floatant as mentioned above ,vaseline (thinly) ,gink,mucilin, or some other floatant.....

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vaseline is prob not a great idea, they can break down pvc lines. mucilin should do, and give it a wee clean every now and then with some sort of line slick.

[QUOTE=shpeil;549764]Ok, so this will be blindingly obvious to you guys, I'm sure:

The last three or four feet of my floating line sinks. That doesn't concern me at all because I invariably fish with sunk flies. But will it be a problem if I want to fish dries/emergers? I'm keen to give that a go, but am wondering if the sinking end of my floating line might not tend to drag my dry flies under.

Was toying with the idea of maybe applying a wee spot of vaseline or some such to keep the end of the line up on the surface, but then thought that maybe wasn't such a good idea - I do know that vaseline isn't recommended for use with certain rubber products ( ) so figured it might interact badly with a fly line!

If it's a good idea to do some maintenance on the fly line to keep it floating, is there some non-damaging product out there?

Cheers,

Neil[/QUOTE
Mucilin floatant should sort out your problem.

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Good stuff - thanks guys.

Neil