Mark Knapp

Sorry buddy.

Yay, I'm going fishing too so it'll be a great day.

 

If you go too thick the outside layer can block the uv light and prevent the inside from hardening.

 

Cured colored resin on the surface can block UV light and cause incomplete cure of the inside.

 

However, as long as the cured resin will transmit UV light (resin that are remain clear when they cure), the inside will cure AS LONG as the resin is formulated to resist oxygen inhibition. Some incomplete curing inside is the fault of the resin since oxygen inhibition can occur inside the resin. The resin will look and feel cured but there will be dissolved O2 will be blocking some cross linkage. In other words, if the resin is tacky on the outside, there will be some uncured resin on the inside.

 

So thickness of the resin is not the issue. The issue is clarity and UV light transmission.

 

Also cure times vary with the power of the UV light source. A high power light cures thick applications of my resin in seconds.

 

Well, my Goo is clear, but thick. It's tacky on the outside unless I put Hydro on the outside. I have and use the official Goo light and actually stood it up under the fly and left it for something like 15 minutes and it still oozed when I squeezed it.

I did research on the Clear Goo and they are in fact long gone and many people had the same problems I'm having. Some people speculate that the problems were the reason for their demise.

Id love to have all those colors of the Solarez but who can afford to buy that many. Also, I wonder what the shelf life of it is.

If you go too thick the outside layer can block the uv light and prevent the inside from hardening.

I didn't know that. I wonder why if it's clear.

Great looking combo.

Thanks bud, can't wait to get them.

Thanks for the good advise. I also have some of the Clear Goo Hydro that I've been putting over it, it still seems less than Ideal.

It seems like some of it just never hardens under the the outside surface. Seems like its always oozing out of the fly head, most especially on the Goo head streamers and Thunder Creek Streamers. Could there be a cure (so to speak) for that, like a catalyst I could put the head into harden the whole thing?

Done and done

The coldest it's been so far this winter is 41 below. I have a picture of a thermometer, on my trap line, on the arctic circle, from about 20 years ago, that reads 68ish below. That's cold.

When it's that cold, you don't hear nothin' except the trees freezing and popping like a fire cracker every once in a while. And you can hear the northern lights when it's that cold.

All great information. I have some Loon stuff on the way, but I would probably try a few different kinds. It's expensive stuff though. I haven't seen any of Silvercreek's around, can you PM me with the details Silvercreek?

How long can I go? 5 more months, I don't have a choice. It'll be 80 degrees in the fish house though.

Yep I have some non loon uv cement I think it is ccg terrible stuff stinks so bad, now that you bring it up I'm thinking about it I don't think I've seen it in a year or 2 maybe more.

 

Silvercreek also makes and sells uv cement I need to buy some of his product soon as I hear it is quite good, he's a pretty smart and talented dude even for this forum that certainly has a higher percentage of incredibly skilled individuals than normal.

Hmm, I didn't know he did that. I think I would like to talk to him about getting some.. Mr. Creek, you there? Would you please PM me?

Got you down, still about 3 weeks out so a decent amount of time left if you need a couple extra days it's not a problem.

I'll gitter done.

I'm in, I better get started though since people are already sending them in.

Thank you, Mr. Knapp, if that was directed to me.

Yep, it was you. You're welcomed.

Awesome Mark, great to have you.

Yep, I've been thinking about doing some swaps. The buggers is a great one to do it on.

I'm throwing away my old Clear Goo UV resin. Because of my frugal nature I tried to make the stuff work but I'm fed up.

I ordered three kinds of Loon resin today and when it gets here my Clear Goo is toast.

I didn't know, until I spent a few minutes on the internet, how inferior my Goo was. Now I know.

Signed...Sick-up and fed of it

I'd love to do it. I'll check in at the "fly swap" thread and get the particulars.

It's funny that the red breast sunfish actually have longer ears than the long ear sunfish but they do. I think it's a common mistake that anglers make. Nice video, nice water.

I think, if you like tinkering and building things, build a lathe. If you like making lures and carving poppers (or think you will) do it and if you want to start with ready made poppers that's great too.

I made some steel from scratch one time, smelted it from Alaskan iron ore, I have a bunch of it.

I think it's really cool that you could make usable stuff from the things you get from the earth. I have made knives from 100 percent Alaskan materials. I'm planning on making flies from 100 percent materials too, including the hooks. The tricky part will be making my steel into good wire. But I will.

It may not be economically feasible to do some of these things but how many people can say they made their own hooks literally from dirt.

I tie a lot of flies and do put them in fly boxes but Ive been insulted in the past for posting them so i no longer post fly boxes

Wait, why would somebody insult our buddy Norm? That just aint right. That's the internet for you.

My Mom told me a long time ago that haters are all just jealous, probably because I was better looking and a better fisherman than them .

I too would have loved to see a box of those. I'll bet it's purty.

Well I'll be danged and hornswaggled, blue does look nice on a rod.

Not me, I'm going.... wait for it..... you guessed it..... fishing!!!!!

How does that saying go? "The worst day fishing is still better than the best day sitting at home watching football"

There's another one I like, I think I made it up. "All those things you do with a ball, those are just games. Now, the things you do outside with a rod or a gun, those are sports"

No, really, you guys have a nice day and enjoy the game. 'Specially you James, with your Dad.

Thanks everybody.

Some may find this hard to understand but I absolutely hate winter fishing. Right now it's cold and windy and the water is not hard. I hate fishing when it's just about freezing out. I love ice fishing though cause I can warmly bundle up and only expose my fingers momentarily. So I hate winter fishing but I love ice fishing, weird huh?

 

If not for ice fishing my fishing is done from early December until mid March when I get the boat ready for shad.

I have to say i'm with you in that regard. I have fished more than a little bit with icy guides though. I would rather ice fish than icy fly fish.

 

 

a false cast or two, blow on the fly and put them back in your fly box

I'm trying to resist ... ... I can't.

 

"Blow on the fly" won't work for everyone. We're not all as full of hot air as you, flytire.

 

Lmao

 

You guys are going to incur the wrath of the 'squatch if you're not careful.