FLY TYING GET CREATIVE WITH COLOURED UV RESIN Brett Zundel
Andrew Miller & Matt Ebbers
UV glue has revolutionised many aspects of modern fly tying - and fly tyers across the globe are getting increasingly creative with their streamers, nymphs, and dry flies. Now, coloured UV glues have entered the scene - and, in the following, Brett Zundel provides some inspiration for what you can do with it.
Fly fishing is rich with tradition. Yes, technology has made gear lighter, tougher, and easier to use, but the essential tools required and the anatomy of the cast remain largely unchanged. Fly tying has followed a similar trajectory. Books published 150 years ago offer descriptions and directions for recognizable patterns requiring tools and materials that are still present on most fly tying benches today. To put this in perspective: these books were written on desks illuminated by gas lamps, predating the dawn of electricity by decades.
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FLYFISH EUROPE - SPRING 2020
Think of the technology required to deliver the YouTube video, recorded on the other side of the world, to your phone; and then think that the tools and materials in that video would be recognized by men whose definition of long-distance communication was a telegraph. Considering the snail’s-pace of fly tying’s evolution, it is somewhat surprising that fly tyers have a fascination with new materials and techniques. A few short years ago, tyers were content to fuss with epoxies and all that went along with them: the mixing, waiting, wheeling, uneven settling, and the unused (and therefore wasted) resin.
