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19 years ago
Ron Petley
Help: I have been useing Gluedbrod CP #811, straight out of the bottle. When I wrap guides, single foot fly, I put some CP on the" top" if the guide between the guide and the blank so that it will soak in to the tunnel around the guide foot. This does not happen very well. When I put the epoxie on I also put a little bit on the same place to go into the tunnel and seal up
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19 years ago
Ron Petley
Make the eye bright as you want to make it small and still stand out. Make the centers 1.75 to 2 times longer as this makes the fish longer and not so fat which fits on the blank better. Make the body chevron small as the body will keep growing as you wrap the fins and tail. Make the top of the body darker than the bottom half. Wrap the tail and fins at the same time. Wrap the tail as a +1, or
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