Bug bond is better.....
It is only good value for money if you are going to use it! Sounds obvious but I bet that 90% of all these clear cure resins go solid in the bottle as they are not stored properly or ever used up.
Even epoxy will dry up in time.
If you are going to tie dozens of hard headed/shell backed flies then yes it is good value, especially now the torch has come down to a reasonable price,
Clear Cure goo is better than Tuffleeye.
The guys on here who use Bug bond like it a lot. I know several people who have bought clear cure goo and are happy enough with it but prefer Bug Bond. However they dont use enough to justify changing over.
Cheers
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Chris Newsome, an innovative fly tyer and guide from the Virginia"s Chesapeake Bay has done an extensive comparison with the new UV-cure glues that are now replacing epoxies. His findings are worth noting.
Here is an excerpt from his latest Fishing Tutorial_________________
"This tutorial will discuss the light cured glu...es that are hitting the fly tying scene. Several years back, Tuffleye arrived as the first light cured acrylic marketed for fly tying. I’m always curious about experimenting with new products, so I was quick to purchase some Tuffleye and the blue flashlight used to cure it. Tuffleye was touted as fast curing, non-yellowing replacement for epoxy. After tying and fishing Tuffleye, I found it to be brittle with a thick slimy outer coating. The outer slim needed to be whipped off and coated with nail polish which added another couple steps to the tying process. To properly cure the Tuffleye took a few minutes and even then the acrylic would often discolor to a brownish, yellow over time. I got discouraged with the product and stopped using it. Light cured acrylics evolved when Clear Cure Goo (CCG) entered the market with a UV light cured glue. In my opinion, Clear Cure Goo was a vast improvement over Tuffleye. CCG cured in seconds with no discoloring, greater durability and less outer slim coat than Tuffleye. Clear Cure Goo and Tuffleye now offer flexible versions of their produces, too. While both flexible versions have a sticky outer coating they open lots of possibilities to tying. At the end of 2009, another player called Bug-Bond upped the ante. To date, Bug-Bond is producing the best light cured acrylic available to fly tiers. It has the properties of CCG while being virtually tack-free (Clear Cure Goo offers a somewhat less slimy version now). I have found that Bug-Bond has a multitude of uses in fly tying and beyond. With a cure time of about 5 seconds, it really speeds up the tying process. I now use Bug-Bond in place of just about every glue at my tying table including CA super glues, Goop, Fletchtite, nail polish, epoxy and others. I use it to coat thread on the head of flies, to adhere and coat stick-on eyes for durability, for crease flies and foam poppers, to adhere hackle to the hook on half-n-half and deceiver style patterns, to support and stabilize material in its desired place and the uses go on and on. One concern with the light cured glues is exposing your eyes to excessive UV or blue light. While the effects of these flashlights are still up for debate, I would rather be safe than sorry when it comes to protecting my eyes. To limit exposure, I wear a pair of UVA-UVB sunglasses and close my eyes while the light is on during the 5 second curing process. As the light cured acrylics continue to evolve, who knows what advancements are in store for the future. It is an exciting time to be a fly tyer! "
Here is a link to some of his innovative flies
http://www.bayflyfishing.com/flytying.ht
Hope this is of use.
Regards
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