WD40?

[Shade]

I read a post here last year where it was reported that if you sray WD40 on your line before you send it back (on your spool) it eliminates or at least reduces the flea buil-up.

Anyone trying this ?

Shade

[larry]

I don't see it on the list but that don't mean it shouldn't be there. Here's a link to the 2000 uses of WD40

http://www.wd40.com/files/pdf/wd-40_2042538679.pdf

[skipper19]

Heard someone discussing something about it on the VHF the other day......I'm wondering ....I think that if anything is going to reduce the flea buildup ....it would have to be something like fly line cleaner and silicone treatment. Wipe it on with an applicator pad as you pay out your down section of line..HEY , I'm gonna try it next time out, seems like it would last longer than WD40....what the heck...can't make it worse

Mark

[LongLine]

It works wonders BUT be prepared to change lines every 4th or 5th time out because it will deterioate mono. (that's why I use copolymer)

Tom B.

(LongLine)

[skipper19]

Tom, you think the flyline treatment would slick it up enough to do any good?

[Shade]

Larry,

I do not know if it was a thread on WD40 or Fleas or even fish attractants. I just remember some discussion that someone uses it and it was said it was used as an attractant some years ago. No big deal just asking if anyone tried it this year.

Shade

[LongLine]

Skipper - I don't know. I'm not one of those guys that stands in the stream whipping his fly so I have no experience with it. I've tried vegetable oil & baby oil but they don't last all that long.

Shade - Haven't tried it yet this year, but last year, & the year before & the year before that & the year before that, it worked pretty well. What I do is spray a little on my finger & thumb then spool fresh line. Then out in the boat, every once in a while give the spool a quick shot.

Tom B.

(LongLine)

[Has Been]

Have heard one of the ingredients is very similar to what a salmonoid uses to find his birth stream .

[skipper19]

Well the flyline cleaner and silicone treatment makes the fly line slide through the guides a lot easier and affords a longer cast with it. It has the slick properties that might make the little "bass terds" loose their grip on the 30 lb mono. I'll see if I can get some and give it a try on one of my rigger rods and see the difference if any from the untreated ones....Saturday I'll be out and give a report on it.

Mark

[lavarock64]

KY jelly works wonders...........Um , so I've heard.........

[FISHINMAN]

You've been talking to Ray K and Muskybob

[Shade]

I think we will pass on the KY... and stick with the Bow wax or Silicone..thank you very much.

Shade

[skipper19]

KY jelly works wonders...........Um , so I've heard.........

So that stuff on my lines is crabs and not fleas?.....I know Ray has crabs....from the Keys.....Musky? what th.....

[skipper19]

Didn't get to try it today, couldn't find my fly line treatment. Fleas weren't as bad this time out

[ray koziatek]

sprayed wd-40 on the outdrive today salmon actually jumped in the back of the boat !!!!

Thanks has been!!

now what am i gonna do with this 5 gay er um gal. pail of KY

[slimyfish]

i put rag covered in vaseline on line when reel in.

no flea prob for slimyfish

will help to do it every time

[ifishy]

I once met a guy on the genney fishing the fall run that would spray wd-40 on a sponge and use it for bait he claimed it worked wonders and that he got a ton of bites I than watched him snag 3 straight fish and say to me see I told ya so. I had to walk away shaking my head and laughing