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Single Egg

Egg Cluster

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Single Egg

Instructions

Step 1:  Start with a very small bead of glue as the photo shows from the nozzle of the glue gun.
Step 2:  Place a small bead on top of the hook and slowly squeeze another small bead amount out on top of the hook if more is desired. Be careful as you can put too much glue on that you can not control.
Step 1A:  Shows a hardened bead used initially in step 2...then squeeze another size bead like this one out as in step 2.
Step 3:  Once the glue is squeezed out on top of the hook it will start to sag on the bottom and you then take your glue gun, keeping the nozzle close to the hook and touching the bottom of the sagging glue, bring the glue up on top again by dragging the glue around the hook in a circular motion as in... Step 4.
Step 4: Shows dragging the Glue back on top using the nozzle of the gun to do this in a circular motion WITHOUT squeezing out more glue.
Step 4A: Shows a hardened version of step 4 to show what the glue will look like when brought back on top. At this point you can squeeze some more glue out for a larger egg and do the steps all over again...from dragging the glue from the bottom to the top and you might have to circle the hook a couple of times to control the glue and to get an approx. round shape. Remember to keep the nozzle of the glue gun CLOSE to the hook and actually touching the glue at all times. To remove the glue gun from the glue circle the egg 3 to 4 times more very quickly and taking the nozzle of the gun farther away each time and this will keep from dragging the glue away from the hook. Once the glue gun is away from the egg, set the gun down and twist the egg in your hands making use of gravity to shape the egg into a round ball. Once this is done to your satisfaction quickly dip the egg completely into cold water for about 10 sec. and then put on paper towel to dry.
Finished: This is the completed egg dipped into cold water to harden the outside to keep the shape. Wait 10 sec. and lay down on paper towel. Another 30 sec. or less it is ready to go!!!

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Egg Cluster

 Instructions

Step 1:  Make a Single Egg as in the previous instructions, but take notice of the placement of the single egg in making an egg cluster.  In the Step1 photo the egg on the left is placed approx. in the middle of the hook for making just a single egg, the egg on the right is placed right behind the eye of the hook when making an egg cluster. The reason is to give you enough room to place the additional eggs on the hook.
Step 1A:  This is a back view of the initial egg before the others are placed. 
Step 2 & Step 2A:  Squeeze a small bead of glue from the gun to place a ball of glue behind and to one side of the front egg. This ball of glue is placed on the side of the hook touching the hook and also touching the backside of the initial egg. You DO NOT rotate the egg around the hook. The second egg is exactly that...a ball or gob of glue placed into position. You then quickly turn the hook to make a ball on the side and behind the first egg and then dip into cold water to harden  the outside for about 10 sec. and then place on a paper towel to dry in another 30 sec.
Step 2B:  This photo shows a back side view of the placement of the egg.
Step 2C:  This photo shows a top front view of where the second egg should be placed.
Step 3:  You next do the exact same placement of the Third egg on the OPPOSITE side of the hook from where the second egg was placed. Make the ball of glue and dip in cold water to harden for the same amount of time and lay on a paper towel to harden.
Step 3A:  This shows where the first three eggs are placed on the hook.
Step 4:  The final egg is placed DIRECTLY on top of the other three eggs right in the middle of all three. You are only putting a ball of glue on top. If the glue sags and seems to flatten out rotate the fly upside down to have gravity pull the glue into a ball and then quickly place in cold water as in Step 4A.
Finished:  This is the finished 4 egg Egg Cluster.

Remember:  After each dipping into cold water you must make sure that ALL moisture is gone from the egg before you put another egg on. The water will make the Hot Head Glue bubble up and you'll end up with a bubbling mess. I normally just blow some air across the eggs to get rid of the moisture. You can also put on as many eggs as you wish. I have shown you the basic Egg Cluster. Please re-read the instructions of making the Single Egg for use of the glue gun. 

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Moe Making

Instructions

Step 1:  Start with a small bead of glue from the glue gun, and I mean a small bead, and put the bead behind the bead chain eyes as in Step 1. Then slowly drag and squeeze the glue up over the bead chain eyes and...
Step 2:  continue dragging and squeezing glue over the bead chain eyes to the hook eye. Keeping the nozzle of the gun almost on the hook go under the eye and move the nozzle to the behind the bead chain eyes and...
Step 3 & 4: begin  Step 1 and 2 again on the opposite side of the hook. Step 1A shows the thickness of the head. You are forming a frame around the bead chain and hook.
Step 5: Take nozzle of the gun and turn hook over ( hook point topside) and squeeze a small bead again filling and dragging and pushing glue underneath the hook. You use the glue gun nozzle to push glue into place and only squeeze small beads of glue when needed. Step 5A shows the amount of glue used to maintain the slender look from the side.
Step 4A: Turn the fly with hook down and do the same as in Step 5 but to the top side. If the shape is lopsided and not uniform use the heated nozzle of the gun to push and drag  to re-shape the head to the shape required or wanted. NOTE... During this head making I am holding the hook in my hands to rotate the head to have gravity help shape the head for me. I put the each step, after it has dried, into the vise just for photographic reasons. I rotate the Moe Blank in my hands letting gravity pull the glue into a smooth shape and once the desired shape is ready I dip the blank into cold water for 12 seconds and then lay it down on a paper towel to completely harden.
Finished: This is a completed Moe Blank. You can dab a dot of paint on each side of the blank on the bead chain for additional appeal.

Remember: I hold the hook in my hands so I can rotate the Moe Blank as soon as the nozzle is away from the blank. The glue sags quickly and instantly turning, twisting is needed. Most of the time it takes about 5 sec. to shape the blank by twisting into shape.

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