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ALVIN DEDEUX: Okay, usually the last thing you'll do is either put glue or paint on your
fly, whether you're putting glue on the thread wraps at the very end to keep them from coming
unraveled or you're actually using some paint to paint the fly if you're using a hard-bodied
fly that actually gets painted or sometimes, you might just paint the thread. There's a
lot of different--there's glues and paints made specifically for fly fishing. A lot of
people will just use regular nail polish or model paint. Yeah, you just need something
that's going to be waterproof and something that's fairly thin. You don't want a really
thick glue especially if you're using something to finish off the thread. The glue for the
head of the fly, you want it to be fairly thin, so that it actually penetrates the thread
and sort of locks it on the hook. So you don't want anything that's really thick or blobby.
The same thing with your paint, you want something that fairly thin and preferably something
pretty quick drying. But one exception being maybe an epoxy, a two-part epoxy that you
put on, and it will take a little bit longer to dry but it will provide a nice hard coating
for the fly whether it's the body of the fly or the head that you built up with thread.
But glues and paints, lots of different applications, but definitely something you'll want to have
for tying your flies.