Ultralight Floatant?

[Jackson Dockery]

My tenkara kit is lightweight. Like superlightweight, yet in the crazy obsession that many of you share, I am still trying to shave weight. I have come to the conclusion that my floatation is the weakest link in the further lightening of my kit. Typically here in the southeast I go through one whole bottle of floatant in an entire year of flyfishing…. yet I carry a full bottle in my kit that gets used a fraction of one percent of my time flyfishing.  The floatant weighs 22 grams, in perspective, my fly box full of flies only weighs 27. Do you guys try to further par down your floatant into a micro bottle? I have tried to completely eliminate the use of floatant through the use of a hydrophobic pretreatment for my flies (water shed) but it has not seemed to work (if you guys have any tips on how to use it let me know). I was hoping the water shed would be the answer to my prayers, but I am still in search of a way to escape the weight, and more importantly the mess that floatation poses to my tenkara kit…..

Any suggestions?

Thanks.

[DancingBear]

Have you tried a paste floatant like Mucilin rather than a liquid?  Seems like you could transfer a little bit to one of those flat pill box containers and save some weight that way.

I apparently don’t go through floatant very quickly – I still have a tube of Scientific Angler’s paste-style that I use.  I don’t think they make it anymore, unfortunately.

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