{"id":12489,"date":"2024-01-21T16:22:37","date_gmt":"2024-01-21T21:22:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/troutandsteelhead.net\/?p=12489"},"modified":"2024-01-21T16:27:46","modified_gmt":"2024-01-21T21:27:46","slug":"best-fly-floatants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/troutandsteelhead.net\/best-fly-floatants\/","title":{"rendered":"The 11 Best Fly Floatants: Tested and Ranked"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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After testing out just about every good dry fly floatants and still using a few of them for many years, I’ll show you the best fly floatants that I use, and I will provide some tips that I use to keep my dry flies dry for even longer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tests that I have done, and some from others, show that most dry fly floatants will keep a fly from absorbing water and sinking for 3 to 8 minutes, while some of the best dry floatants can keep your dry fly high and dry and floating for over 15 minutes.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

One thing I can tell you is that in my experience, almost always, flies riding high on the surface tend to catch a lot more fish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The fly floatants for dry flies are:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Umpqua Shimazaki Dry-Shake Powder – Best Shake Powder<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Loon Outdoors Aqual Gel floatant. – Best Gel Floatant<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Loon Lochsa – Best For CDC Flies<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n