In a message dated 11/30/2007 12:56:18 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
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 Chuck: Try this and see if it might be what you need. What I do on all my bead heads is leave a bit of space in front of the bead and bring the thread over the bead and build a small head in front of it. I add a small drop of either Z-A-G or head cement in front or the bead. By the way, my spell check wants to replace herl with hurl. Jerry C "All things considered, I'd rather be in Philadelphia." **************************************Check out AOL's list of 2007's hottest products. (http://money.aol.com/special/hot-products-2007?NCID=aoltop00030000000001)
