hi

I ordered some flies the other day and in order to make the order up to a tenner and as I was running low on Gink, I stuck in a bottle of Redditch Mucilin floatant ( £1.50) - it comes with a liitle applicator brush - didn't seem to make 'em float or am I doing something wrong?

cheers

Mucilin isn't much good,really.
I particularly don't like the way it tends to drench the whole fly.Stick with gink,that way your flies will float and you can apply it were you want it.

i havee a bottle on the tying bench, some patterns i pre treat with it, i found it works quite well if applied in advance and allowed to flash off properly but when applied on the riverbank and used straight away it wasnt as good

get some loon aquel it is brilliant stuff

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All the good stuff - as I keep repeatedly telling folks , is nothing more complex than Medical Grade Silicon Oil !

Best wishes

Steve P

Yep gink nice plastic bottle put it on dry your digits then wipe it off again to get the effects....desiredwise...........avoids slicks!

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an interesting mix of apathy and panic

Clive M

I am a great advocate of powdered floatant, particularly Frogs Fanny, as I don't find any of the silicone based gels/liquids work really (unless used in combination with a powder).

Only gripe is it's £7 for a small pot that doesn't last very long (I reapply regularly). I'm reliably informed that Frogs Fanny is actually made from dried corn cob husks.

Watch out though, some of the powders are just for drying, Loon I think.