Bass Fly Swap 2018

[BilletHead]

11 minutes ago, fshndoug said:

Hey Billethead I am using the Solarez Flex.It works well, not tacky.

  You know in the little three pack of solarez there was a tube of the flex. Wednesday I kind of dinged up a fly line. I used the flex on that spot. Liked the results. 

  BilletHead

[ness]

Well, my stuff has been epoxied and they’re ready for the finishing touches.

I’ve used Devcon 30 minute epoxy with good results in the past, and I had some on hand and used it this time. Probably 2-3 years old. Man, I fought that stuff all the way. Very thick and the working time was short, only allowing about 3 poppers before it was noticeably hard to work with. I soldiered through, but I may need to rethink things for the next round.

Any thoughts?

[BilletHead]

16 minutes ago, ness said:

Well, my stuff has been epoxied and they’re ready for the finishing touches.

I’ve used Devcon 30 minute epoxy with good results in the past, and I had some on hand and used it this time. Probably 2-3 years old. Man, I fought that stuff all the way. Very thick and the working time was short, only allowing about 3 poppers before it was noticeably hard to work with. I soldiered through, but I may need to rethink things for the next round.

Any thoughts?

                  Need fresh stuff. I have that problem with old stock even off the shelf. Flysmallie made a post on some stuff he uses. I am going to order some of it,

https://www.amazon.com/EPOXY-RESIN-CRYSTAL-COATING-TABLETOPS/dp/B01LWT156B/ref=sr_1_1?srs=8888694011&ie=UTF8&qid=1523560841&sr=8-1&dpID=51q8g4Oc4LL&preST=_SY300_QL70_&dpSrc=srch

BilletHead

[fishinwrench]

Totally off topic, and you may not even care, but that "Strung Fuzzy Fiber" stuff spun in a dubbing loop just may replace spun deer hair heads on everything in my boxes.    

Really cool stuff!  

[BilletHead]

9 minutes ago, fishinwrench said:

Totally off topic, and you may not even care, but that "Strung Fuzzy Fiber" stuff spun in a dubbing loop just may replace spun deer hair heads on everything in my boxes.    

Really cool stuff!  

          Interesting, 

  So you have worked with it? 

BilletHead

[ness]

9 minutes ago, fishinwrench said:

Totally off topic, and you may not even care, but that "Strung Fuzzy Fiber" stuff spun in a dubbing loop just may replace spun deer hair heads on everything in my boxes.    

Really cool stuff!  

My gawd, you sure do post a lot in this thread for a guy who thinks this is all stoopid 😄

[BilletHead]

3 minutes ago, ness said:

My gawd, you sure do post a lot in this thread for a guy who thinks this is all stoopid 😄

           I think he really wanted in but is having a hard time coming out of the closet ,

BilletHead

[ness]

54 minutes ago, BilletHead said:

                  Need fresh stuff. I have that problem with old stock even off the shelf. Flysmallie made a post on some stuff he uses. I am going to order some of it,

https://www.amazon.com/EPOXY-RESIN-CRYSTAL-COATING-TABLETOPS/dp/B01LWT156B/ref=sr_1_1?srs=8888694011&ie=UTF8&qid=1523560841&sr=8-1&dpID=51q8g4Oc4LL&preST=_SY300_QL70_&dpSrc=srch

BilletHead

Yeah, I saw that. Been very happy with Devcon, and realize old may not be best. Got some on order and I think I will see if it works better before I change. 

[fshndoug]

just finished tying the streamers for the fly swap.

[fishinwrench]

1 hour ago, BilletHead said:

          Interesting, 

  So you have worked with it? 

BilletHead

Well yeah!   

You just can't stick eyes on it.   If you need eyes then you gotta tie in fake jungle cock eyes or something.