Super glue question

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I was perusing the web checking out some parachute adams when I ran across a video that showed the tier using super glue at the base of the hackle post to secure in the hackle. He just put a drop of super glue on the hackle post, wrapped the hackle suspended the end with a hackle pliers and waited 30 seconds and viola! finished.

My question is do you think this glue will hold after a good soaking?

It almost seems like a bit of a cheat.

I hate trying to secure the hackle in a parachute because I keep getting it caught when I try to whip finish the darned thing and this method seems like the solution.

Do any of you guys/gals use crazy glue in your tying?
If so have you ever had the bond come apart?

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It works great for me here on the Umpqua.

I use an old CD put a large drop on the CD then use my bobkin to put a small drop where ever I need it.

The super glue taks a long time to cure if it is in a large drop.

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GBF:

As far as the bond not holding; I just read an article about bass fishermen using Zap-a-Gap to glue Senkos, (soft plastics) to the worm hooks so they don’t slide.

The author claimed that the bond held even if the hook and worm were wet so I guess you should have no worries when using Super Glue at the bench.

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Ive used superglue on alot of leech patterns…

I also know that when it dries it becomes a solid…
(test superglue on a piece of rabbit strip… let set for 5 min… and wiggle the strip… it breaks)

on a para post… I think it would work… but no more then a drop… any more then that I think it would work as a wieght and the fly would land upside down…

Leonard

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Hey GB,

I use Loctite Super Glue in the “Easy Brush” bottle. Never had a fly (glue bond) come apart.

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I saw a guy at the Charlotte fly show do the same thing 3 years ago. He used zap-a-gap instead of super glue. I came home and tied up a few and they worked just fine.

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i use the original super lue on the head of my flies, they do not come apart. i use the super glue because it is cheaper than Zap A Gap

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I use super glue on numerous patterns including parachutes.

For an easy way to finish a parachute fly without messing up the hackle check out this page

http://www.flyanglersonline.com/flytyin … 6fotw.html

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Thanks for the good answers .You have given me the confidence to use it. Of Course if it doesn’t work I will be forced to hunt you all down and glue your fingers to your forehead. :lol:

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don’t get it on clothes, the spot where the glue was will become hard. and don’t touch the fly while the glue is still wet, you’ll look pretty silly with a fly stuck to your hand

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GnuBee

If you’ve got places to go, people to see, or hear the boss’s footsteps coming down the hall you can hit the Super Glue with a spritz of Kick-It (CA glue accelerator). It sets up the glue instantly, just like… wait… I can’t snap my fingers… they’re glued together…

peregrines

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Gnu Bee - I’ve done it and continue to do it. Found my parachutes last 2 maybe 3 takes before they’re unravelled. With a drop of cement … the body wears out first.

oh yeah

nanner, nanner, nanner … without a rocky hill for you to take your bearings on - you’d be lost in the wide open yonder … :lol:

darrell,

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Super Glue or Zap-A-Gap will stand up to all the abuse. Dick Talleur showed this to several of us years ago at a class given at the old Hunter’s Angling Supplies–worked then, works now