12-08-2007, 07:15 AM
I dont know about the rest of the year, but in the spring and fall trout runs I have found that handling cirtain sopes will attract fish, Oatmeal seems to work the best... problem is finding it with out the purfumes every one is sticking in it nowadays..
natural oatmeal soap is made with oatmeal and goats milk... not a strong smell, not unpleasent, not offencive to fish either... I used to carry it in my tackle box till I couldnt find it any more at my local stores... When ever it was my turn to pump the gas on the trip, I needed something to get rid of the gas smell from my hands... otherwise I know I was going home fishless..
It would probably help if you left them open in the air, allow them to air out weeks before you attempt to use them, Or you cold dunk them in milk and rince them off to acheive the same nutralizing affect only faster...
remember smell to a fish is actualy taist, they taist every thing comming down the water long befor they ever reach it... yes some fish have nostrals that act as taist receptors, some taist by flowing water though thier mouths..
so since smell is realy taist to a fish, I think they can taist the acid of head cements especialy if the fly is too new.. of corse a little dried fish slime on your flies wouldnt hurt either...[
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thats just my opinion...
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natural oatmeal soap is made with oatmeal and goats milk... not a strong smell, not unpleasent, not offencive to fish either... I used to carry it in my tackle box till I couldnt find it any more at my local stores... When ever it was my turn to pump the gas on the trip, I needed something to get rid of the gas smell from my hands... otherwise I know I was going home fishless..
It would probably help if you left them open in the air, allow them to air out weeks before you attempt to use them, Or you cold dunk them in milk and rince them off to acheive the same nutralizing affect only faster...
remember smell to a fish is actualy taist, they taist every thing comming down the water long befor they ever reach it... yes some fish have nostrals that act as taist receptors, some taist by flowing water though thier mouths..
so since smell is realy taist to a fish, I think they can taist the acid of head cements especialy if the fly is too new.. of corse a little dried fish slime on your flies wouldnt hurt either...[
] thats just my opinion...
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