I use Knot Sense on all my hand-tied leaders and love it. You'll still get some crap accumulating on the knots, but at least you can coat the tag ends so they don't act quite as much like weed velcro.
The only problem I've had is sometimes it leaves a slightly sticky residue that takes a few days to go away. I contacted Loon about this problem and they said it's what they call "surface tack" and it varies by batch, but is a relatively uncommon problem.
Using it for fly heads seemed like a good idea to me too, until I had an occurrence of surface tack leave a batch of flies all sticky and nasty. I thought about using the UV wader repair material instead, as I've never noticed the tackiness with it, but haven't had a chance to try it yet.
Kent Lufkin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
One of my beefs with hand-tied leaders has been that when fishing
sinking flies/lines, the knots occasionally get fouled with algae or
other plant material, thus requiring a cleaning before recasting.
Someone recently introduced me to Loon's UV Knot Sense, a clear,
thick liquid material that can be squeezed a drop at a time from its
tube onto knots. It 'hardens' almost instantly to form a smooth hard
shell when exposed to direct sunlight or a small UV flashlight.
Has anyone had any experience using this material to streamline
leader knots and if so, how well does it work? Seems to me it could
also be adapted easily for flytying to make epoxy-like heads,
shellbacks or wingcases. Has anyone tried it for that as well? What's
the life expectancy of the material?
Knot Sense is available at most fly shops and comes in a 1/2 oz. tube
that retails for $6.95. The little (about the size of half a
cigarette) UV flashlights are also available for about $12 (perhaps
less elsewhere.) My daughter got one as a prize at a Halloween party
but it recently disappeared :-)
Kent Lufkin
