So I had this idea

Captmikestarrett · 08-01-09, 09:19 AM

An idea about the pink floating worm. Wacky rig it with a light wire wire hook and do something that has been on my mind for a while. Rub the worm with some floatant.

So I did it last night and cast it out. Let it sit high in the water and twitched it. Bam fish hits it and it not a big fish but nice 2.5 chunk. I get a look from my all fly fishing charter and put down the rod.

My one fish a night / one cast...

Maybe tonight..

Capt Mike

Mac2 · 08-01-09, 10:04 AM

Thanks for sharing the idea. As a floatant, I've been using the unscented Alboline....a cold cream type cleanser for faces. I bought one bottle, then split it up into film cannisters, making each about half full. It's like an ointment until you get it on your fingers, then instantly turns into a liquid......spreading easily on the fly or your lures. The Alboline comes in scented and unscented, this unscented being the right one to buy. One jar will last a very, very long time.

WTL · 08-01-09, 06:52 PM

Thats interesting. I never thought to try fly floatant on lures.

Mac, thanks for the tip. I had heard of using vasoline in a pinch as floatant, but not alboline. Will look for some when I run out of gink.

3dkicker · 08-03-09, 11:27 AM

Capt - They're on a floating worm bite right now!!! Last two tournaments we've slayed them on the worms. Numbers and quality.

Got a bag of the monster trick worms to play with next time on the water!!!

islandbass · 08-03-09, 12:54 PM

I do know that pink worms work very well. But if the worm already floats, is there something about the floatant that makes it more appealing to the fish? Guess I'll have to buy a bottle to find out.

Captmikestarrett · 08-03-09, 09:53 PM

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Originally Posted by islandbass

I do know that pink worms work very well. But if the worm already floats, is there something about the floatant that makes it more appealing to the fish? Guess I'll have to buy a bottle to find out.

It creates water tension so the slightest movement sends out ripples.

Kinda like a fuzzy catapilar and that sits on the water and wiggles.. it gets hit very quickly. That is where I got the idea.

Capt Mike

islandbass · 08-03-09, 09:59 PM

Capt. Mike,

Thanks! I am going to look for some.

rambler1141 · 08-07-09, 05:59 PM

Mac 2

Thanks. I bought a bottle of that Albolene. That will really float a worm. If I cast too far, when it hits it breaks the water surface tension and sinks, but I can pull it back up and it will float. I can see a specific use for this in places you can't cast to but there is a little current to float the worm into those impossible to cast to places

08-01-09, 09:19 AM	#1
Captmikestarrett BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: May 2006 Location: Accokeek MD Posts: 3,315	So I had this idea An idea about the pink floating worm. Wacky rig it with a light wire wire hook and do something that has been on my mind for a while. Rub the worm with some floatant. So I did it last night and cast it out. Let it sit high in the water and twitched it. Bam fish hits it and it not a big fish but nice 2.5 chunk. I get a look from my all fly fishing charter and put down the rod. My one fish a night / one cast... Maybe tonight.. Capt Mike __________________ Capt Mike Starrett light tackle guide Potomac River http://www.indianheadcharters.com

08-01-09, 06:52 PM	#3
WTL BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Huntsville, Al Posts: 7,466	Thats interesting. I never thought to try fly floatant on lures. Mac, thanks for the tip. I had heard of using vasoline in a pinch as floatant, but not alboline. Will look for some when I run out of gink. __________________ Selling live waterdogs for less since 2005.

08-03-09, 11:27 AM	#4
3dkicker BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Spotsylvania, VA Posts: 4,483	Capt - They're on a floating worm bite right now!!! Last two tournaments we've slayed them on the worms. Numbers and quality. Got a bag of the monster trick worms to play with next time on the water!!! __________________ Smitty www.smittystubes.com

08-03-09, 12:54 PM	#5
islandbass BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: WA State Posts: 1,783	I do know that pink worms work very well. But if the worm already floats, is there something about the floatant that makes it more appealing to the fish? Guess I'll have to buy a bottle to find out. __________________ ARX "If people concentrated on the really important things in life, there'd be a shortage of fishing poles." Doug Larson (Shimano 2005 Reel Catalog)

08-03-09, 09:59 PM	#7
islandbass BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: WA State Posts: 1,783	Capt. Mike, Thanks! I am going to look for some. __________________ ARX "If people concentrated on the really important things in life, there'd be a shortage of fishing poles." Doug Larson (Shimano 2005 Reel Catalog)

08-01-09, 10:04 AM	#2
Mac2 BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: East Tennessee Posts: 389	Thanks for sharing the idea. As a floatant, I've been using the unscented Alboline....a cold cream type cleanser for faces. I bought one bottle, then split it up into film cannisters, making each about half full. It's like an ointment until you get it on your fingers, then instantly turns into a liquid......spreading easily on the fly or your lures. The Alboline comes in scented and unscented, this unscented being the right one to buy. One jar will last a very, very long time.

08-07-09, 05:59 PM	#8
rambler1141 BassFishin.Com Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Interlachen, Fl Posts: 7	Mac 2 Thanks. I bought a bottle of that Albolene. That will really float a worm. If I cast too far, when it hits it breaks the water surface tension and sinks, but I can pull it back up and it will float. I can see a specific use for this in places you can't cast to but there is a little current to float the worm into those impossible to cast to places

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