Lots of conversation about good stuff in the last few days. Just be careful. Don't get mixed up and wind up with Loon Knot Sense on your hands and Bag Balm on your flies..........
Larry J >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 01/25/05 5:44 AM >>> I'm glad to hear you say that. I was beginning to think it was me. I tried it on Byards Caddis fly and I couldn't get it to cure right. I'm going to play with it some more. You made it look easy. I tried a thin coat then I tried adding a little more but that never cured either. Boy it sounds like I'm trying to knock Loon. I'm really not. Hard Head and this UV light and knot sense are the only products I've used. So don't read it that way. Deb -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chris Broomell Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2005 1:17 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [VFB] Loon Knot Sense for tying Thought that I'd weigh in. I - among others - have been using Loon UV Knot Sense in lieu of epoxy for a while no. Advantages: quick curing and nice appearance (doesn't appear to cloud up over time). One major disadvantage is the poor adhesion to the tying materials. I think that the product is designed more for "glomming" onto itself (i.e. around a knot on your leader) and not so much to something else in an "open" system (i.e. sprawled out on a feather bed...er...so to speak). Flies that others have tied which are COATED more-or-less uniformly with the knot sense seem to be less prone to have the knot sense come off. Others (um...the patterns that I'm using it for)...well...not so much. It's quick for making shell-backs, etc., but the material won't last as long as standard epoxy. Other possibilities are out there as far as quick-setting "adhesives"...in the process of looking into them and will report. In short...it has some great applications. The company is environmentally-conscious...that speaks a lot (even you non-hippies out there should appreciate that to some extent). Cheers, Chris
