Clear Cure Goo

[Zach Matthews]

Hey guys –

I’ve been cooking up some striper flies with Clear Cure Goo; they’re real basic but they’re getting prettier.  Basically a tail with a hard head and two goggle eyes inside for rattle.  

Has anyone used this stuff?  On the one hand it is totally awesome; no mixing and you can squirt out only what you need, so there’s way less waste.  You just apply it right out of the tube onto the fly, rotate until it smooths, then bake it with the UV light.

My only issue is some stickiness/tackiness when the flies are done.   I am not sure if that’s inherent in the product (I’m using the Thick stuff) or if I am not cooking it properly or for long enough.  I’ve had the light on it for over a minute and it doesn’t seem to affect it; the fly is hard but not nail-polish hard at this point.

Any tips?

Zach

[Mike L.]

To remove the stickiness/tackiness you do one of two things:

1) Give the fly a once over with Sally Hanson Hard-as-Nails.

2) Squeeze a bit of hand sanitizer–such as Purell–in your fingers, then rub it over the fly.  

The tackiness is a bonding agent so you can build up a layer, cure it, build up another layer, cure it, etc.  You can build lips and bills and whatever else this way (just be sure not to rub the sanitizer on it should you want to add another layer  😉 ).  

[Zach Matthews]

Thanks a lot, Mike.

[steve yates]

I use an isopropyl alcohol prep swab to remove the tackiness.

[Phil Brna]

I use both a alcohol wash and the sally h.

[Zach Matthews]

Nice looking flies.

For those ‘Boom Creek Specials’ are you finishing the eyes first and then adding the wing?

Zach

[Phil Brna]

Zach, those eyes are bead chain.  I then tie in a piece of mono in the front. wrap it around the eyes and tie in behind.  This forms a base for the tuffleye or CCG.  Those are finished with tuffleye.  I then tie in the feathers and flash.  These are supposed to be good tarpon flies, acoording to my buddy who has used them in Belize.  I think they’ll do well on other fish to.

The top fly is a sardina with tails for rooster fish and jacks.  They catch tarpon too.

The middle fly is one the guides in Belize call the Kiss-of-Death.  I tie this with DNA holofusion, ezbody, and tufflleye flex.  It’s clearer than the photo shows.  I have caught several dozen tarpon on this.  I tie it in lots of colors.

[jarrod white]

great question as I just started using the tuffleye and was experiencing the same residue and thought I was doing something wrong.

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