Dennis Franke - Master Fly Rod Builder & Fisherman
"Based upon many years of experience as a fly fisher, fly tackle retailer, flyrod designer and maker, I highly endorse Stuart Hayden’s Silver Trout Ultra Buoy Floatants."
"Silver Trout’s UBF Floatants offer minimal recoating following catching a trout and the fly getting a good dunking underwater."
"All that a trout angler could ask for in a fly floatant."
"UBF has a smooth, non-greasy feel when on finger and thumb prior to treating the fly, with sort-of a soft, non-oily, non-shiny matte finish to it. UBF does NOT discolor the fly. It sort-of just disappears into the fly! These are two superior benefits that UBF has over so-called Dry-Magic and any other fly floatant I have ever used."
"And since Silver Trout’s UBF Floatant is a non-silicone product, it is not harmful to the fly line’s coating and finish. So, it can be used on both the fly line tip, and also the leader butt, to keep them floating high and dry - serving to facilitate better dry-fly floats and also a better indicator-effect when fishing soft-hackles and nymphs."
"Over many years, I have tried various lubricants for lubricating fishing rod ferrules. Simply said, all of these are mere junk. Now the problem of proper ferrule lubrication is finally solved. Because there’s a lubricant specifically designed for flyrod ferrules, actually for all fishing rod ferrules - Silver Trout's FerruLube, designed and manufactured by Stuart Hayden."
"Here for once is a proper lubricant for all fishing rod ferrules - fiberglass, graphite, nickel silver."
"For the graphite flyrods I manufacture, FerruLube allows for the best deep-seating of the graphite male slide with just enough “give” to also allow for the critical twisting into alignment of the guides of the rod sections while the sections are pulled into place (a proper procedure for fiberglass and graphite ferrule, not new nickel silver ferrule components). Plus, the very fine film of lubricant needed will completely reduce the wear and tear on the coating finish on the male slide of the tip-sleeve-over ferrule."
"For the somewhat worn ferrules on two of my split-bamboo flyrods, FerruLube “fills the gap” so to say, allowing these ferrules to seat snugly - almost like new! - with very minimal tip twisting and shifting of the guides out of alignment during a day’s angling (FerruLube allows for actual smooth twisting of worn nickel silver ferrules back into alignment when sections are assembled)."
"For well-fitting or new, tight-fitting nickel silver ferrules, FerruLube greatly eases the straight, non-twisting assembly of these ferrules when after finger application all lubricant except the thinnest, barely visible, minuscule amount remains. FerruLube finally solves the tough job of assembling very tight (too tight) fitting nickel silver ferrules (when using the very thinnest film application)."
"Plus, Silver Trout FerruLube can be used to clean the grit and remove the oxidation that frequently builds on nickel silver ferrules; making future assembly easier, and thereby helping to eliminate the dreaded “ferrule-lock” that sometimes prevents the removing of cane rod sections."
"I intend to include a free Silver Trout FerruLube “Frog" along with every flyrod I sell."
"It has helped to put rods back into action without ferrule replacement or resizing. This has been a great savings in my rod repair work both in time and expense."
"Defying their small size, they will last years. You will want one in every fly box and several in your pockets to pass to friends."
"The combination of this wax's overall hardness - its size, shape and form - then this Goldilocks 'just right' amount of Tack helps to make the variety of these patterns and their incorporated materials far easier to handle, all in one."
"Aside from the element of Tack, you might also find that this stuff actually functions as a light form of Lube (since its design makes it so easy to apply under even light-app pressure), something useful through every other step of our tying when we're not dubbing along… and I'm not implying 'slippery' - because the light grip of that Tack is always there - but instead, more like a nearly invisible coating which helps those micro-filament/floss-like threads stay intact, full-strength (which gets awfully important when we're working with 8/0 or finer stuff!) and especially nice when we get to the end of the job and are half-hitching and whip-finishing the head off. You'll know exactly what I mean, right about then!"
"Also a plus (and unlike most products out there), this wax seems to maintain its 'feel' / firmness across a wide range of temperatures, something that is a decades-long bugaboo with other tying waxes."
"Your wax is a nice change and I'm happy to be able to purchase it."