Kent and Brendan,
This is an interesting concept.
Here are some sites for the lites so Kent can replace the one his daughter
"lost":
http://www.physlink.com/estore/cart/MiniUVFlashlight.cfm
http://www.tool-universe.com/c/CPS/CPS_50_Watt_UV_Flashlight_with_Glasses_200103824.htm
http://www.houseyardgarden.com/p40-20760-lemansind-led-super-cool-flashlight.html
Plus ebay has a bunch of them listed.
Is there any minimum power required to get a proper cure?
-Bob
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kent Lufkin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2004 1:59 PM
Subject: UV Knot Sense?
> 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
>
