Glue anyone?
A couple of recent threads brought this to mind again.
I use thin CA glues a lot on my flies to help bond things in place.
I use it along the shank before wrapping bodies like leech patterns, buggers, anything with herl, rubber, any kind of fragile material or anything that I don't want to come away from the shank if they get 'cut'.
Doing this has allowed me to eliminate the need for a complete thread base on many patterns. It also speeds up the tying process while still yeilding flies that won't come apart too soon (If I can get one fish per fly, I'd be perfectly happy...but it's not fun when they just come apart WITHOUT being chewed on a bit).
Only takes a second to do, and makes the fly a lot tougher.
I use it when I tie a hair wing or tail of any kind..keeps the hair in place, helps keep the amount of thread under control. Especially helpful on really slick hair like squirrel.
Am I the only one doing this as a matter of routine?
Buddy
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