Sylvaneous
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UV resin is used all over the place on YouTube tying videos. I used to use it more when I tied more bass flies. I've seen it used in ways that failed. Just in case there are some people on this sight who are not grizzled veterans, I have a few quick observations.
-UV resin isn't very adhesive. I've seen it put on wing cases or whatever... It comes off. Looks great in the vice but that dollop of shine too easily peels off upon use. Flies get some pretty harsh use. Nymphs can't be very delicate and survive long.
-I'm not super sure about this, but MAYBE adding the tiniest bit of super glue on the fly underneath the UV Resin will allow it to adhere for good. Not sure. Seems a little bit like the tail wagging the dog, all this gluing. For what?
-To help keep UV resin on your fly, wrap it all the way around the fly. Make a ring out of it, a collar of solid plastic to hold on to the fly body.
-If the resin is over fiberous material, use your bodkin to work it into the material. Don't think of this stuff as glue, think of it more as plastic wrap. It then gets stuck by the interstitial spaces and holds.
-HOWEVER, even when I do this, I find, after use, it will loosen, then a space opens underneath the hardened resin and looks crappy. That's on bass streamers where they get heaved and hammered in a river. But it doesn't hold fast.
-UV resin isn't very adhesive. I've seen it put on wing cases or whatever... It comes off. Looks great in the vice but that dollop of shine too easily peels off upon use. Flies get some pretty harsh use. Nymphs can't be very delicate and survive long.
-I'm not super sure about this, but MAYBE adding the tiniest bit of super glue on the fly underneath the UV Resin will allow it to adhere for good. Not sure. Seems a little bit like the tail wagging the dog, all this gluing. For what?
-To help keep UV resin on your fly, wrap it all the way around the fly. Make a ring out of it, a collar of solid plastic to hold on to the fly body.
-If the resin is over fiberous material, use your bodkin to work it into the material. Don't think of this stuff as glue, think of it more as plastic wrap. It then gets stuck by the interstitial spaces and holds.
-HOWEVER, even when I do this, I find, after use, it will loosen, then a space opens underneath the hardened resin and looks crappy. That's on bass streamers where they get heaved and hammered in a river. But it doesn't hold fast.