Tony Buzolich
04-11-2019, 11:44 AM
After years of tying big flies I got talked into tying some small bonefish fies size #8. We'll be heading to Christmas Is. the day after Easter and were told that sparce tied worm flies were the thing to have. Usually a size #6 is ideal but for the sake of pleasing our guides I thought I'd give it a go with a few size #8.
The Spirit River Squirmy Wormie really feels like a live worm of some kind and any fish that picked it up would never know the difference until he felt the hook. So I finish my first tie and add a bit of head cement and with no effort the worm falls off the hook. It dissolved at the wrap. Uugh.
So I tie another one the same way, add the head cement, and the same thing happens. Grrrr dammit.
I'm using good old Sally Hansen like always but something's wrong. I like to finish my ties with head cement.
Anybody else out there tying worm flies? What cement do you use?
Tony
The Spirit River Squirmy Wormie really feels like a live worm of some kind and any fish that picked it up would never know the difference until he felt the hook. So I finish my first tie and add a bit of head cement and with no effort the worm falls off the hook. It dissolved at the wrap. Uugh.
So I tie another one the same way, add the head cement, and the same thing happens. Grrrr dammit.
I'm using good old Sally Hansen like always but something's wrong. I like to finish my ties with head cement.
Anybody else out there tying worm flies? What cement do you use?
Tony