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In answer to your original question, yes the cheap light work fine for your use. I bought mine at Harbor Freight for about 10 bucks and it has worked for me for a couple years now. If you are tight lining and want to make those type of slim bodied nymphs (and I do) you will have to coat with something and the fastest, easiest way is with uv resin. Amazon probably has dozens of "torches" that will work and are under 20 bucks.

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My guess is that it's the solvent based version of liquidFusion.

Much better job on the body proportions.

My comment would be to make your body thinner with a taper from back to front.

Looks like a bad piece. A lot of broken and damaged tips and it appears to be dry and brittle. Probably damaged when it was bleached. This is how it should look.

Look for the "on/off" type base, as they generate a far greater amount of holding power. The cheap bases are sort of "tippy" but the other type I mentioned will hold far better.

A bunch of AI flies, I suppose.

With flexible, tie too tight and you loose your ID. Tie too loose and your thread wraps come undone. That's why you need a rigid tube, so your thread wraps can be tied as tightly as you would on a hook.

Burn them?

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It's true about having to zap it multiple times, as I have had to do so. CAUTION: when zapping, remove the brush and allow the resin to cool a bit before replacing. The brush "ferrule" will melt and blow out the bristles which will render the brush useless.

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