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
