Re: [VFB] Head cement vs nail polish

[DMurphy832]

[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: To be honest with you, I buy the least expensive ( hate to say cheapest) nail polish I can find. When I get to visit my daughter back east, I go to the Ben Franklin store and buy up a dozen bottles of their 2 for .75 cents nail polish. Who says I am cheap. Well, as long as Tony is coming clean, I'll do the same.  I often don't use any nail polish or cement!  At least, not on dry flys that are smaller than a 14 (unless I'm in a swap.)  I double or triple whip finish my heads (I use 14/0 Gordon Griffiths thread* and love its strength) and the worst that happens is I need to snip off a piece of thread and keep fishing.  I find that my flys start to go bad first at the tails which get an upward bend in them after losts of casting and maybe the hackle will start to unwind after 3 or 4 fish.   Now I do use Sally Hanson Double Duty (just because my wife always has some) on all my nymphs, streamers and larger mayflys but why don't they come with a fly tying applicator?   Murf   *Gordon Griffiths thread in 14/0 is available at www.LinesEnd.com now since I cryed to Byard that the shop I used to get it from went under.  Fred Reese, a George Harvey fishing friend, showed me this stuff a number of years ago and I've been impressed with it since.  My spools of Danville are too weak, Orvis/Uni almost pass but I did see a fellow very adept at silk last spring who may get me to try it and beeswax.  Byard showed me a thread I HAVE to buy to work with my Magic Tool though since it splits easily.