fadeaway263
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I have never used an attractant even in my days as a red neck spin fisher. I recently read an article by a guy who got a "cheap trick" from a Florida guide who makes a mixture of garlic and anise and puts it on his flies to cover up the smell of tying materials like glue and/or preservatives in some fly tying materials. "Flies are made with materials that have preservatives. Then you add paint and glue as part of building a fly and it ends up stinking." The article I read claims that the unusual scent of garlic and anise will cause a fish to hold on to the fly and give you a chance to set the hook. I have never used an attractant in my life as the only ones I know of are store bought. Do any of you think it would be a VIOLATION to mix up some 'homemade" garlic and anise scent as described in this post?