Proper techniques - sparse amounts of hair, thread control, etc. - will do the job much better than slopping on ZAG. I detest the use of it on classic streamers and salmon flies. It's just plain not right. ;-)
Be Safe Out There.
Monte
Brian Van Erem wrote:
Steven and Salmon Fly Junkies:Wow, I may go out on a limb here and take a view contrary to a master... I believe, and I think I can back with evidence in my own experience, that CA glues (Zap-a-Gap), will cause feathers and natural hairs to become brittle. My experience does not extend to synthetics. This said, and I maintain, CA glues have no business on the head or any other place on a salmon fly.Simply put, it is not needed. Anchor wings with edge to edge wraps and sparse amounts of hair, techniques that will be neccessary when building multi-color layered wings anyway.Somebody back me up here! I am all alone in a shooting gallery! Tim???Cheers!In a message dated 6/30/03 6:12:56 PM Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
A word of caution -- zap-a-gap will make all stems VERY brittle and has no place on the head of a salmon fly!
Brian,
I was watching a Dick Talleur video tying Atlantic Salmon Flies last nght. He used zap-a-gap quite extensively on the head to anchor the Hair Wings. I believe he was using Squirrel Tail. Is your comment related to feather stems or Salmon Fly heads, in general?
Steve Schalla
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