Gorilla glue?

[kjackson]

Is it possible to use the clear Gorilla Glue to provide a head on flies? I know that UV resin is the current, popular go-to, but using it means I have to buy and store even more stuff...and I have three tubes of the GG clear.  Epoxy used to be the standard for creating the clear heads--I even have a rotating fly dryer for it-- but now the latest is to use UV stuff.  

Are there problems or concerns I need to deal with if I use it?

TIA

[Ryan Miloshewski]

For bigger streamers, it should be no issue, although I'd still go with UV resin. I've tried GG for sealing up deer hair heads, but it just takes forever to dry, even with a dryer. It's a lot thicker than resin, too, which I do not like.

Get SOLAREZ and a light is my advice. It doesn't take up that much space, it lasts, and the effects on the fly are better.

[BilletHead]

2 hours ago, Ryan Miloshewski said:

 

Get SOLAREZ and a light is my advice. It doesn't take up that much space, it lasts, and the effects on the fly are better.

              Boys you all need to start using Hobby Lobby UV products. Cheap and just as good. Plus, I got the big bottle of UV resin and more for 50% off hitting the right weekly flyer.

UV Resin | Hobby Lobby | 2088136

 

[fishinwrench]

It's all very crafty and fun......but in my experience none of the flys that require UV resin are among my productive arsenal. 🤷‍♂️

[Ryan Miloshewski]

18 hours ago, fishinwrench said:

It's all very crafty and fun......but in my experience none of the flys that require UV resin are among my productive arsenal. 🤷‍♂️

Only one that works for me is the Drunk and Disorderly. Everything else it's just a pretty fly. But the DnD is killer

[kjackson]

Here's what started this query:

https://www.rsff.org/2021/05/may-24th-fly-tying-safety-pin-minnow.html

It's a fly using the head of a safety pin, and it looks just too fishy to ignore. It was developed, apparently by a fisherman in Kansas, and it does need something like UV resin or Gorilla glue to hold the head together.  

I tried to download the image to show instead of using a link, but I failed miserably in that regard.

[Flysmallie]

1 hour ago, kjackson said:

Here's what started this query:

https://www.rsff.org/2021/05/may-24th-fly-tying-safety-pin-minnow.html

It's a fly using the head of a safety pin, and it looks just too fishy to ignore. It was developed, apparently by a fisherman in Kansas, and it does need something like UV resin or Gorilla glue to hold the head together.  

I tried to download the image to show instead of using a link, but I failed miserably in that regard.

You can do the same thing with a glass bead and some epoxy. No safety pin or UV required. But it would probably be a whole lot easier with UV resin. 

[Flysmallie]

2 hours ago, Ryan Miloshewski said:

Only one that works for me is the Drunk and Disorderly. Everything else it's just a pretty fly. But the DnD is killer

But it doesn't require UV resin. You can do the same thing with epoxy or just head cement. 

I don't use head cement or really anything else most of the time. But I do like UV resin for some things just because it is quick. It has it's place but it's never been required. 

[fishinwrench]

A drop of this stuff on the hook & thread when spinning deer hair, makes a muddler head last forever.   

[Ryan Miloshewski]

38 minutes ago, Flysmallie said:

But it doesn't require UV resin. You can do the same thing with epoxy or just head cement. 

I don't use head cement or really anything else most of the time. But I do like UV resin for some things just because it is quick. It has it's place but it's never been required. 

Yea, I didn't say it was required, but to me it's the only streamer where I feel it helps with longevity when it's getting beat up, which it does.

I can't stand head cement.