Light Cahill Parachute 

Alan Rohloff You can never have too many tricks Alan. Besides, I'm inherently lazy and tend to lose a lot of flies and anything to produce more flies quicker works for me. Tightlines.

Sean Mooney The weight is still my biggest question and I really wish I knew. I mean, is the weight of two drops of cured Bondic greater than the weight of the thread used making two separate trips up and down the post followed by 4 to 5 turn whip finish and a drop of head cement, I just don't know. If anyone one out there has access to a really accurate scale...? The important part however is, if the fly is heavy does it affect the landing or floating performance and the answer is a resounding no. The pattern lands perfectly almost every cast and floats better than other parachutes I tie (my guess is the surface tension from the wide splayed tails has a lot to do with this).

Thanks for taking the time to answer. I do appreciate it. All the best, Sean

+Superior Fly Company The pattern floats exceptionally particularly with the splayed tails. Just think about how much two tiny drops of glue weigh as compared to the amount of thread used to create a traditional parachute post fly. First you make multiple touching wraps up to post the wing and then back down. Then up the post again to lash the hackle to it. Then more wraps down to the base of the post. Follow this with a 4-5 turn whip finish at the end, and that's a lot of wraps. It would be rather interesting to see which actually weighs more, but I think you would need a very accurate balance to do so. Something that measures in .001ths of a gram.

William McGuire For me anyway, the Bug Bond didn't make the post stiff enough. With it, to wrap the hackle I still had to hold the post up with one hand and wrap with the other, you know, that kind of juggling act you have to do. With the Bondic, the post is stiff enough that you simple wrap the hackle around it.

tightlinevideo I wonder if a spot of superglue or zap a gap at the base of the post, then a twist, then bug bond over that would work. Going to try that and see what happens. Anyway up, keep sharing these wonderful new techniques!!! You do us all a great service when you do and I for one really look forward to your new posts.....

William McGuire You may want to check out this video ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-1vWD8SSb1pw.html It is yet another method that works quite well.

Ken Martin It's a new product called Bondic. To me, it dries harder and more tack free than other similar products.

was the cure light a Bondic?

jasonflyfishercolorado fortcollins I haven't tried it with CCG. Bug Bond and Loon sort of worked, but not as well as the Bondic which is much harder and less flexible (it's actually sandable). In fact, I tried the process with those products almost 2 years ago and wasn't satisfied with the results and just gave up on the idea. When I got the Bondic about a month ago, I figured what the heck and gave it a shot. It worked like a champ on the very first attempt. I'm trying my best not to overuse the stuff (although it has appeared in the last 3 flies) but it just works so well for so many things.

centralmassanglers Bondic is available at bondicusa.com as well as on Amazon.com

tightlinevideo thank you