spray

[D-Bone]

I am looking for a good spray to coat my dries with. Any suggestions?

[Larry S.]

I have found that after tying a fly I treat it with Watershed and let cure overnight and applying Aquel or Gink(Mucilin also is good) just prior to casting works pretty well. Scotch Guard(the heavy duty"Outdoors" kind) works if you empty the can into a jar and dip your fly into it. This process also needs to dry overnight.

Unfortunately nothing lasts forever despite advertizing to the contrary and you will need some way to dry your fly after it gets waterlogged. Amadou, chamois or your shirtsleeve will work after which a little Frog's Fanny or Top Ride(or similar dessicant) to get it floating again.

That's probably much more than you asked for but it seemed to me that "spraying" was a little too messy.

[D-Bone]

Thanks for your suggestions, I'll have to try that. I also started tying with foam, so hopefully that will help as well. I assume the scotchguard is odorless?

[Ouzel]

Ditto.

[Light Cahill]

I would like to cook up a tiny (#22-24) size BWO pattern using foam, instead of that hugely expensive #1 neck hackle, which I cannot afford. Any ideas? Also, I'd love to hear your midge-pattern foam ideas.