Homemade Jig Tying Glue

[deathb4disco]

These glueless flies last about four or five fish until they start coming apart.

This would drive me nuts. Any decent head cement will make your flies last MUCH longer.

[funbun]

@Disco, yeah, that's the main reason I'm starting to use it more.

@Skiptomylu, Thanks, man! Do mind if I do a video on that. Lacquer and lacquer thinner, simple!

Someone mentioned ProLak I have never heard of the that brand. Thanks for mentioning it. I guessing it's just lacquer as well?

[skiptomylu]

@Disco, yeah, that's the main reason I'm starting to use it more.

@Skiptomylu, Thanks, man! Do mind if I do a video on that. Lacquer and lacquer thinner, simple!

Someone mentioned ProLak I have never heard of the that brand. Thanks for mentioning it. I guessing it's just lacquer as well?

Don't mind at all! I have used these for a long time. I bought a qt of Lacquer and qt or MEK about 12 years ago and think both are still almost half full, lol!

Skip

[thinkingredneck]

Sally Hansen, and I like liquid fusion for a water based cover on poppers. Zap-a-gap is my favorite CA glue, but $. AK Best uses plain old hardware store lacquer on his flies.

[skiptomylu]

Oh one thing we end up using clear coats over painted heads for eyes and other things, but if you use Sally's for that and you put it over FL Chart or FL Yellow it will ruin the color, but most colors it's fine. For these 2 colors I use Clear Vinyl and it works fine over all the colors and even the FL Chart and FL Yellow! Just a note as I know some use the Sally's in this way too.

Skip

[addictedangler]

I use Sally for most of my flys and jigs. However if you do a good wiped finish they will not need any glue.They should never come un-notted! Not sure that is even a real word (un-knotted). However I use the sally Hansen cement to make my heads shiny for selling reasons. I do not like any water base cement on the heads. I have two bottles Of Sally for my use. One has the brush that comes in the bottle and I remove one for smaller fly. I use a dubbing needle for the smaller flys and finer work. Last when doing demos and traveling the finger nail polish bottles stay very secure ( tight). I had a bottle of lacquer cement open years ago in transport. Did one heck of a job on two Metz necks!

[skiptomylu]

I use Sally for most of my flys and jigs. However if you do a good wiped finish they will not need any glue.They should never come un-notted! Not sure that is even a real word (un-knotted). However I use the sally Hansen cement to make my heads shiny for selling reasons. I do not like any water base cement on the heads. I have two bottles Of Sally for my use. One has the brush that comes in the bottle and I remove one for smaller fly. I use a dubbing needle for the smaller flys and finer work. Last when doing demos and traveling the finger nail polish bottles stay very secure ( tight). I had a bottle of lacquer cement open years ago in transport. Did one heck of a job on two Metz necks!

Take longer to dry well, but Clear Vinyl is at least as shiny and stronger. You may want to check it out. I use Sally's also, but some colors of Powder Paint don't take Sally's well at all. A fly is quite different since it is not painted. Just one way jigs are way different than a fly, but can be an important difference too.

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[addictedangler]

Head cement is used to help secure the head of a fly or the wrapping of a jig. Never hear of applying it over the entire jig. Not sure where you are coming from on your post? My point is head cement is not needed if you whip finish a fly or jig correctly. It really does not matter what head cement you use other then if you want a shinny head!

[skiptomylu]

We are talking two different uses and maybe 3 different ways for me. Enough for me on this topic.

Skip

[funbun]

Yeah, I'm with skip. The original post was about glue. I make flies than have multiple hooks and get very complicated. I need glue to hold the whole thing together. Note my Sipsey Claw Craw. I'm talking about glue to hold the thing together. Whip finishes ain't gonna cut it.


There is more to making lures than jijg, tying man. The universe is so much bigger than the town you grew up in. So many more applications. I'm amazed that jig tyers don't incorporate more fly tying methods.

There's no reason a jig couldn't be tied like that. The only difference is I don't have a weighted jig heads. There's no difference at al. It's all lure/harness making. The biggest problem I see is people shoe horn their thinking into: jig, tying, fly tying or whatever, and they don't see the possibilities of combining and trying new things from other methods, the very purpose of an open, public forum.

One thing I've noticed about people, and is the most frustrating thing about dealing with people they listen to half of what you say, scan it against everything they know, and instantly reject anything that doesn't perfectly match their thinking. Fixated thinking, no really open to tying something different.