Do artificial smells on your fly turn fish off?

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[font "Pristina"][#008000]DryRod wrote: have you ever rubbed your flies in gravel & sand?[/#008000][/font]
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[font "Arial"][black]Yes, many times. More like lightly stroking the fly through it or gently squeezing it around the fly. Then swishing it in the water a bit. [/black][/font]
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[font "Arial"][black]I say gravel as that is what I find in the river the most but if there is more mud than gravel next to me that is what I grab rather than the gravel.


It does not mess the fly up. [/black][/font]
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[font "Arial"]Having said all that I can not say that it has caused me to catch fish but when the catching gets tough it is something I make sure I resort to.[/font][black]


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