List, to stir up the list and out of curiosity: I recently run through some flyfishng book, looking for knots (It was during our discussion about Grinner, Blood, Barrel etc knots.). I found some chapters about flytying basics and read the suggestion to varnish the base layer of the hook. The basic steps for starting a fly were: mount hook in vise catch thread at the hooks eye wind a base to the hook's bend farnish the wraps with head cement !!!!!! continue...
The books I learned from tying didn't suggest this varnishing, therefore I do not include this step in my tying. Exception: large streamers where I intend to secure body material.. How do you work, laquer the base? not ? why? to quote Joyce: Inquiring minds want to know Rene Germany
