Originally Posted by
Hairstacker
It all comes down to how you as an individual want to play the game. Some of us prefer to know that it was our ability tie the fly and present it properly that was solely responsible for catching the fish.
I try to keep my hands clean (never fill up the car with gas the morning of the trip, etc.) but never apply anything to the fly. As Gene suggested, it is a very fine line between masking scent on the fly and actually applying scent that attracts fish. To me, applying attracting scent is no different than those who concoct elaborate dip baits (which are widely considered baits) to catch catfish.
You guys are barking up the wrong tree here. Masking or covering your scent is easy and quite sporting.
Here's what you do.
Carry your spare flies in your buttcrack.
The ones you want dto fish first will have to be put at the top of the crack, and as the day wears on you just keep digging lower and lower.
The amount of masking scent is dependent upon the both the ambient air temperature and the temperature of the water if float tubing.
The amount of scent imparted is fairly low in the early morning periods but increases quite a lot as the afternoon heat builds up. With trout metabalism increasing with the warmer water temps this works out perfectly.
Then as evening come along the amount of scent decreases along with the amount of fellow fly fishers hanging out with you.
You could find yourself in trout fishing heaven.
I have dozens of pre scented flies available for sale. Just let me know what time of day you intend to fish so I'll know just where to take them from.
If you need stronger scent just let me know 3 days in advance.
Thanks Phil.
Ed
Elwood: It's 106 miles to Chicago, we got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it's dark... and we're wearing sunglasses.
Jake: Hit it.
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