Bruce, I need to sit and watch Earl tie for about half a day. He is brilliant. He donated a dome to conclave that represented the entire water column with structure and flies. It was amazing and went for 100s of dollars in the live auction. I was blown away.
--- "Bruce P. Whittle, DVM" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Chuck, > A neat tip for using a very small amount of head > cement that I learned from Earl Stanek at the Sowbug > Roundup a couple of years ago is to take a sewing > needle and cut the top of the eye end off so you > just have a "U" shaped end left instead of the eye. > Dip this in the head cement, super glue, etc, and it > will only pick up a very small drop that you can > then place accurately. > Hope this helps, > Bruce Whittle > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Chuck Alexander > To: [email protected] > Sent: Friday, November 30, 2007 11:37 AM > Subject: [VFB] Tiny Fly Gluing question > > > Folks: For one of my small fly flies I'm tying a > midge and it has a peacock herl (or is it > hurl???)thorax I guess it is. And it has a tiny gold > bead head. Anyway, I'm like to get a drop of head > cement ion the thread between the herl and the bead > cause I have had bad luck with the herl coming > untied in the past. But even with the little > "needle" that comes with a bottle of head cement, > the herl just "wicks" it right up and into the herl, > thus making the herl hard as a rock as well. I don't > want that. I wanted the herl to remain dry and > bushy.. Cause the thread body I am putting Hanson > hard as nails on, but I didn't want the entire fly > hard as a brick.I even tried just wetting the thread > with glue before whip finishing it, and that glue > still got all over the herl..Any ideas??? Thanks, Chuck ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better sports nut! Let your teams follow you with Yahoo Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/sports;_ylt=At9_qDKvtAbMuh1G1SQtBI7ntAcJ
