Applying head cement

[johnstoeckel]

I use Sally Hansen's as well. But I dump it into an old head cement bottle with the bodkin top and use that to apply it to the fly.

I don't use cement on smaller dry flies. It can be messy to apply and too easy to mess up hackles or eyes , at least for me.

The butt end of a hackle stem makes a great eye cleaner. Take the butt end of a hackle that you were going to throw away -- a soft hackle with a thicker and more tapered stem works best, strip off the remaining fibers and clip the stem at an angle.