enter Mr bond
so i receive this parcel through the post and its from pike trek now pike trek have got some pretty cool stuff for the pike angler and fly tier and is the only UK site especially for the pike fly fisher and these guys really have there finger on the pulse when it comes to pike products , so dispute me not being a UV guy i thought id have a go and see what i could come up with.........
the UV lamp
so i had a think to myself and thought what for me would be the best application for using this UV product , what would make life for me a lot easier using this product and the one thing that stood out was my big foam heads so i set to work..........UV foam head 
this is a big fly and usually uses a lot of epoxy so i tied this up and added a layer of piketreks Mr bond
the one thing i did notice was the speed at which it cured , just 5 seconds in the special lamp
above is the close up of the fly head after curing ,i have used a mesh on the head to give a scale effect , i have been amazed at the ease of use of this product will i stop using epoxy no i wont but i will use this UV product on certain flies i do i will use it on all my foam heads , i will use it for doing the eyes on sub bugs and i have a few ideas that i want to try with this stuff so stay tuned
the most amazing thing about this product is the price absolutely brilliant and well within the reach of those on a budget but without losing any quality in the product i will recommend this product to anybody who has just started fly tying and wants to do a hard headed product so to the bones the price
the UV resin costs an incredible £4.95 you can buy it here
http://www.pikeflyrod.com/tools-and-glues/116-piketrek-uv-resin-mr-bond.html
the UV lamp is an incredible £17.50 UK pounds you can buy it here
http://www.pikeflyrod.com/tools-and-glues/126-uv-drying-light-9w-for-use-with-mr-bond-uv-resin.html
I'm informed that there will be a torch version in the near future but to be quite honest i don't think its needed when you can get a first rate product that other company's sell for 60 quid plus gets my vote
stay tuned over the next couple of days for some more great patterns tied using this , and if you haven't checked out piketreks stuff before then get over to there site for some really fantastic stuff for the pike fly tier
tight lines
mcfluffchucker
(a cave in Scotland)
this is a big fly and usually uses a lot of epoxy so i tied this up and added a layer of piketreks Mr bondthe one thing i did notice was the speed at which it cured , just 5 seconds in the special lampabove is the close up of the fly head after curing ,i have used a mesh on the head to give a scale effect , i have been amazed at the ease of use of this product will i stop using epoxy no i wont but i will use this UV product on certain flies i do i will use it on all my foam heads , i will use it for doing the eyes on sub bugs and i have a few ideas that i want to try with this stuff so stay tuned
the most amazing thing about this product is the price absolutely brilliant and well within the reach of those on a budget but without losing any quality in the product i will recommend this product to anybody who has just started fly tying and wants to do a hard headed product so to the bones the price
the UV resin costs an incredible £4.95 you can buy it here
http://www.pikeflyrod.com/tools-and-glues/116-piketrek-uv-resin-mr-bond.html
the UV lamp is an incredible £17.50 UK pounds you can buy it here
http://www.pikeflyrod.com/tools-and-glues/126-uv-drying-light-9w-for-use-with-mr-bond-uv-resin.html
I'm informed that there will be a torch version in the near future but to be quite honest i don't think its needed when you can get a first rate product that other company's sell for 60 quid plus gets my vote
stay tuned over the next couple of days for some more great patterns tied using this , and if you haven't checked out piketreks stuff before then get over to there site for some really fantastic stuff for the pike fly tier
tight lines
mcfluffchucker
(a cave in Scotland)
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