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Deceivers
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mnflyfisher
, Apr 29 2009 08:06 AM
I used 5-minute epoxy for these. I still have issues with the little air bubbles despite blowing/breathing on them. Epoxy is a hassle, I'm interested trying the product that Loon puts out called Hard Head I believe. I use these flies for pike mostly. I'm also interested in tying bigger flies with the different synthetic materials that are out there. I don't care for the prices of material in the fly shops. If you have found any unique/creative sources for synthetic materials I'd love to hear about it. Those all look really good!
Your flies look great. I work with epoxy a lot in my tying & here are some of my findings that might help.
5 minute epoxy will yellow over time.
Hard Head works good but you have to use multiple coats to get the build of epoxy. One negative with the Hard Head is it will start to turn milky white if your fly spends considerable time in the water.
I use Devcon 2-Tone Clear Epoxy. You will get about a half hour work time with it. What I do is to work in small batches & mix it on a piece of aluminum foil to spread out a little. This will help the air bubbles come to the surface quicker so they can pop. If you have a lot of air bubbles you can warm the bottom of the foil which will force the bubbles up where you can blow on them to pop but you will loose some work time when heating epoxy.
Tony P
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