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Generic Frogs Fanny Floatant...

Postby 1mocast » January 5th, 2010, 10:43 pm

Another member reminded me of this stuff and I wanted to share this with you addicts...

It is a pretty good substitute for Frog's Fanny floatant. The product is called "Fumed Silica". I bought it awhile ago online for about $5 a quart. 1 quart should last you a lifetime.

This site had a couple of links to different distributors.
Click on the "Online Storefront".
Click on the Thickeners/Fillers.
http://www.epoxyproducts.com/contact.html
http://www.epoxyusa.com/

http://www.king-cart.com/cgi-bin/cart.cgi?store=epoxy&product=..Thickeners/fillers/additives&cart_id=6205084.72285&user-id=&password=&exchange=&exact_match=exact

It came in a plastic bag. Carefully poured it outside (windless day) into an airtight bottle. Use a funnel and refill the Frog's Fanny Bottle as needed. Be careful not to breath any particles in.

If you like the dry shake type powder like the Shimazaki Dry Shake, just add the "Activa Flower drying silica gel" from a crafts store such as Michaels. Mix 1/3 gel and 2/3 Fumed Silica in a film canister.

http://www.save-on-crafts.com/silgelflowdr.html

I personally use both depending on the waters. Works great.
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Re: Generic Frogs Fanny Floatant...

Postby fly addict » January 5th, 2010, 11:01 pm

Been using it for a long time. It works great! :)
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Re: Generic Frogs Fanny Floatant...

Postby Bernard » January 5th, 2010, 11:13 pm

THANKS!
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Re: Generic Frogs Fanny Floatant...

Postby Sasha » January 5th, 2010, 11:37 pm

Sweet :rockon:
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Re: Generic Frogs Fanny Floatant...

Postby DubL HauL » January 5th, 2010, 11:44 pm

DrCreek wrote: re-applying after every take or strike.


my only complaint...

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Re: Generic Frogs Fanny Floatant...

Postby darrin terry » January 6th, 2010, 12:31 am

Thanks Mark! I spent almost an hour looking through the old posts for the link just last night. I knew I should have been my lazy self, but was telling Matt about this stuff.

Thanks again! :D
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Re: Generic Frogs Fanny Floatant...

Postby tomsakai » January 6th, 2010, 12:43 am

Wow what a great tip. Thanks Mark!
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Re: Generic Frogs Fanny Floatant...

Postby Papasequoia » January 6th, 2010, 9:18 am

It's good stuff and much, much cheaper than buying the store brand stuff. When I got my bag a couple of years ago I filled the frog's fanny bottle I had been using previously, plus I also filled one of those small plastic containers that looks like a flask that you can get at REI and other stores and I bring that with me on fishing trips in case I need to top off the Frog's Fanny bottle, or someone with me needs some. The neck of the refill bottle I use is a bit smaller than the Frog's Fanny bottle so it's easy to shake more in their when needed.
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Re: Generic Frogs Fanny Floatant...

Postby briansII » January 6th, 2010, 10:36 am

1mocast wrote:Another member reminded me of this stuff and I wanted to share this with you addicts...

It is a pretty good substitute for Frog's Fanny floatant. The product is called "Fumed Silica". I bought it awhile ago online for about $5 a quart. 1 quart should last you a lifetime.

This site had a couple of links to different distributors.
http://www.epoxyproducts.com/contact.html

http://www.king-cart.com/cgi-bin/cart.cgi

It came in a plastic bag. Carefully poured it outside (windless day) into an airtight bottle. Use a funnel and refill the Frog's Fanny Bottle as needed. Be careful not to breath any particles in.


The second link didn't work for me? Anyway, make sure that you buy the "hydrophobic", fumed silica. The non hydro silica is not a good floatant. Cab-o-Sil is one brand name for fumed silica. I believe there are others. There is a site out there that sells the right fumed silica, and it even mentions that it's popular with fly fishermen......but I can't find the site at the moment. :oops:


Darrin Terry wrote:Thanks Mark! I spent almost an hour looking through the old posts for the link just last night. I knew I should have been my lazy self, but was telling Matt about this stuff.

Thanks again! :D


Darrin, Matt already has some. :) I can fill a container for you if you like.

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Re: Generic Frogs Fanny Floatant...

Postby Papasequoia » January 6th, 2010, 10:58 am

Here's a link to that page, Brian. This is the same company from whom I bought my 'hydrophobic fumed silica.' There are a couple of comments about fly fishermen using the stuff on this page:

http://www.epoxyproducts.com/f_mixin.html
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Re: Generic Frogs Fanny Floatant...

Postby darrin terry » January 6th, 2010, 1:09 pm

Brian, yeah Matt told me you gave him some. Figured it was the same stuff. No worries. My Frog's Fanny bottle is pretty new. Only had it a bit over a month. I'll have to order some at some point though. Great deal.
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Re: Generic Frogs Fanny Floatant...

Postby 1mocast » January 6th, 2010, 1:50 pm

Thanks for catching the bad link. It has been fixed. Papa's link gets you there too...
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Re: Generic Frogs Fanny Floatant...

Postby flybob » January 6th, 2010, 8:27 pm

Mark gave me some of that stuff for Christmas a couple of years ago, I use it like crazy and have not put a dent in it!
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Re: Generic Frogs Fanny Floatant...

Postby midger » January 6th, 2010, 10:22 pm

The fumed silica is the same stuff I use. I ordered 3 gallons and should use it all by the mid 3000s--you don't use much floatant on nymphs and streamers--but with shipping being the same for 1 gallon or 3 gallons, I wanted to amortize my cost. Yeah, that's it. :D
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Re: Generic Frogs Fanny Floatant...

Postby Papasequoia » January 6th, 2010, 10:33 pm

Midger fishing dry flies. * has frozen over.
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