Joe: I'm gonna try that.. What I'm gonna do is do just what you say, then take my bodkin a pick at the herl just a bit to see if it is tied down pretty good. if it is, I'll leave off the glue on these particular fly cause I wanted the herl to be soft and pliable on these. That was my plan anyway. I think i may even lead the "hard as nails" off the thread body as i think some of it is "wicking" up into the herl from the backside of the fly as well..It has that hard bead head. I think it needs some parts to be soft to "balance" it..If that is what you'd call it..Thanks again, Chuck
----- Original Message ----- From: Joseph Fusco, Sr. To: [email protected] Sent: Saturday, December 01, 2007 7:42 AM Subject: Re: [VFB] Tiny Fly Gluing question Chuck - I have gotten to the point where I don't even use head cement even if the head is exposed. On small flies, especially those witth bead heads, I just use two, or even three, three turn whip knots that I force between the thorax and the bead. I haven't had one come apart on me yet. Just MHO. BTW, Jerry, you can teach your spell check to recognize special words. Mine accepts herl. -- Joe Fusco, Sr. Member of The Missouri Trout Fishermen's Association and The Virtual Fly Box REMEMBER CANCER IS A WORD NOT A SENTENCE Reply to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] On 12/1/07, Chuck Alexander <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Jerry: Yeah, that's what I'm using, but it seems that even a drop on the needle is wicking it's way all over the herl, Chuck ----- Original Message ----- From: Jerry McKaughan To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, November 30, 2007 1:46 PM Subject: RE: [VFB] Tiny Fly Gluing question Chuck How about using a bottle from Loom with a needle applicator. Jerry -------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chuck Alexander Sent: Friday, November 30, 2007 11:38 AM To: [email protected] 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.16.11/1161 - Release Date: 11/30/2007 12:12 PM ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.16.12/1163 - Release Date: 12/1/2007 12:05 PM
