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kappa505
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Posted: Mon Jul 20, 2015 12:44 am • # 1 |
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I have been using Alboline for years now. I keep refilling my bottle of gink.
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Grey Ghost
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Posted: Tue Jul 21, 2015 9:30 pm • # 2 |
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That stuff has gotten expensive since they labeled it as a cure for ceriacis (spelling) ?
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Skunkedalot
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Posted: Wed Jul 22, 2015 7:26 am • # 3 |
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Stuff works great floats everything
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ablecane
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Posted: Wed Jul 22, 2015 9:02 am • # 4 |
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Joe C
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Posted: Wed Jul 22, 2015 10:51 am • # 5 |
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ablecane wrote: Found nothing better or less expensive than this in fifty some years; http://www.drlogik.com/flyfloatants.htmlYep. We used to use carbon tetrachloride that you could buy off the shelf at the drug store and Gulf paraffin wax back in the 50's and early 60's. It didn't smell as bad as the white gas. Our trick was to solder a small ring to the cap so we could tie it to the neck of the bottle. Not something you wanted to drop while standing in the stream.
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JimRed
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Posted: Thu Nov 19, 2015 11:40 pm • # 6 |
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Chap Stick works very well. My wife's suggestion.
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clay45
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Posted: Fri Nov 20, 2015 10:15 am • # 7 |
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Another Albolene fan here. Except for when its really really cold I've used nothing better. Never tried the white gas/parafin thing. Thanks for sharing that tidbit!
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biker1usa
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Posted: Mon Dec 21, 2015 12:21 am • # 8 |
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Been using Vicks Lip care for about 20 years now and it floats flies quite well and lasts a long time. Cheap too.
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RudeDog12
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Posted: Mon Dec 21, 2015 7:28 am • # 9 |
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Wanted to try the Alboline, now curious about the Ray Bergman formula. Problem is that I get about 2-3 yrs out of a single bottle of floatant. Probably will be more now, because I'm finding I use nymphs 80%-90% of the time now. When I started, it was nothing but dries.
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wheezeburnt
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Posted: Mon Dec 21, 2015 7:34 am • # 10 |
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biker1usa wrote: Been using Vicks Lip care for about 20 years now and it floats flies quite well and lasts a long time. Cheap too. See? Now THERE's an angler that cares about the well-being of his quarry. I wonder how polysporin might work? brent
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Joe C
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Posted: Mon Dec 21, 2015 12:02 pm • # 11 |
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biker1usa wrote: Been using Vicks Lip care for about 20 years now and it floats flies quite well and lasts a long time. Cheap too. Maybe should let the "rip lips" crowd in on this. Could help some of their poor little fishies recuperate from their experience.
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pearow
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Posted: Tue Feb 23, 2016 10:03 am • # 12 |
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Joe; the Paul O'Neil quote is brilliant! Thanks for sharing it. I smile every time, thinking about it as I gather my stuff to go fishing!-p-
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wvbrookiebum
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Posted: Sun Feb 28, 2016 10:50 pm • # 13 |
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Joe C wrote: ablecane wrote: Found nothing better or less expensive than this in fifty some years; http://www.drlogik.com/flyfloatants.htmlYep. We used to use carbon tetrachloride that you could buy off the shelf at the drug store and Gulf paraffin wax back in the 50's and early 60's. It didn't smell as bad as the white gas. Our trick was to solder a small ring to the cap so we could tie it to the neck of the bottle. Not something you wanted to drop while standing in the stream. Where would a person get paraffin wax from? Not something I've ever bought before.
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mbarker68x
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Posted: Sun Feb 28, 2016 11:43 pm • # 14 |
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Canning section of Walmart.
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