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It accually makes sense. Its like hunitng and using different scents to mask or hide your human smell.

FWIW:
The first thing an angler should do is to try and eliminate the offensive odors that could be transferred to the fly. At the top of the list should be insect repellents. If you use an insect repellent on your hands, don't touch the fly. If you want to sabotage your fishing buddy, just spray insect repellent in his fly box.

Next comes tobacco and nicotine. If you smoke or chew tobacco when you are fishing or tying flies, take precautions so that the smoke or tobacco does not come in contact with the fly. Don't store flies or fly tying materials in empty tobacco tins or cigar boxes.

Gasoline is pretty high on the list of transferable odors. Gas up the night before your fishing trip or wash your hands thoroughly before you handle your fly. Fly anglers who fish from boats with outboard motors are likely to transfer this odor to the fly. Humans give off a very offensive amino acid called L-Serene (IIRC it's L-serine). Of course this scent is transferred to the fly you tie or handle. (And whatever you do, don't spit on the fly for good luck.) Never wet your fingers with saliva to apply dubbing. Although you can't eliminate it totally, washing your hands with Lava or Ivory bar soap before tying flies or handling them will help immensely. Wetting your hands in the stream or lake before tying on a fly will help.

Another major offensive odor to fish is sun tan lotion, and just about any other hand lotion or soap that is designed to be fragrant and lubricating. Dishwashing detergents are known to be offensive to fish. So don't wash your hands with liquid soaps before tying flies.

One of the best odor cleansing operations you can give your fly is to use the vegetation, moss, mud and weeds that are present on the waters you are fishing. Don't cuss the next time you retrieve a load of moss or weeds on your fly, you have just made your fly more acceptable to the fish. ~ Phil Garberich



Sometimes, but not when you're trying to sit down. o_O

That's what you get for going #2 in the water! :eek:
 

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