Bass Fly Swap 2018

[Flysmallie]

24 minutes ago, ness said:

Good question, ness. I hope someone knows something about this and will offer up an answer. 

Serious question. When it didn’t dry did it seem to be gooey in that channel? 

[BilletHead]

24 minutes ago, ness said:

Good question, ness. I hope someone knows something about this and will offer up an answer. 

 

23 minutes ago, ness said:

Thanks. Me too. 

          I have no idea so I had no answer.  Well wait I did and it was balsa, an exacto and sandpaper,

BilletHead

[ness]

51 minutes ago, Flysmallie said:

Serious question. When it didn’t dry did it seem to be gooey in that channel? 

Yeah, it stayed gooey for a long time. I wiggled the hook thinking it would expose it to air, when that didn’t work I did it a couple more times. Then I gave it another big up and down in the slot and let it set for a while. Nothing. 

I did the oven thing without researching or anyhing — I was prepared for a total loss on the little poppers at that point. They set up hard as a rock, but needed a little clean up. 

[Flysmallie]

If it was gooey then the foam had a chemical reaction with the glue an probably would have never set up without the heat. That was a good call on your part. 

The glue and that particular foam were not compatible. 

[ness]

37 minutes ago, Flysmallie said:

If it was gooey then the foam had a chemical reaction with the glue an probably would have never set up without the heat. That was a good call on your part. 

The glue and that particular foam were not compatible. 

That’s all I could come up with too. Something different about the chemistry. But they were both Waspi Perfect Poppers, and the pencil ones were fine. Weird. 

[fishinwrench]

Did you put a thread base over the hook shank, or did you try to glue a bare hook to the popper body like some crackhead Etheopian in a sweat shop?  

Geeze, you're supposed to be producing a proven, time tested, bona-fide killer.   Not some friggin' attic experiment.

[BilletHead]

10 minutes ago, fishinwrench said:

Did you put a thread base over the hook shank, or did you try to glue a bare hook to the popper body like some crackhead Etheopian in a sweat shop?  

Geeze, you're supposed to be producing a proven, time tested, bona-fide killer.   Not some friggin' attic experiment.

          There is that jealous want to be in the fly swap rage coming out again . I thread wrap my elcheapo balsa popper hooks. I thought humidity/dampness helped set CA glues? Some super glues just take forever to dry. When I use some on specific steps on flies I will sometimes put a puddle of it on plastic. Just use it as I need it. Fred Hanne the guy who does realistic bugs told me to try it. 

BilletHead. 

[ness]

21 minutes ago, fishinwrench said:

Did you put a thread base over the hook shank, or did you try to glue a bare hook to the popper body like some crackhead Etheopian in a sweat shop?  

Geeze, you're supposed to be producing a proven, time tested, bona-fide killer.   Not some friggin' attic experiment.

I’m starting to feel sorry for you. 

[fishinwrench]

I use 3M Super 77 on these 

And you'll break the hook before they come undone.  

I use long cure Devcon epoxy on everything else.  The quick cure stuff turns yellow and gets brittle.

[ness]

12 minutes ago, BilletHead said:

          There is that jealous want to be in the fly swap rage coming out again . I thread wrap my elcheapo balsa popper hooks. I thought humidity/dampness helped set CA glues? Some super glues just take forever to dry. When I use some on specific steps on flies I will sometimes put a puddle of it on plastic. Just use it as I need it. Fred Hanne the guy who does realistic bugs told me to try it. 

BilletHead. 

Did the pencil poppers first and the regular right after that same bottle of Zap-a-Gap.  No time for temperature or humidity change. Can’t think of any other variable that would ha e affected it but the poppers themselves. But that seems pretty unlikely too. Weird.