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By: Don Minnick
From: Mike Rice
President/Owner
www.ProSoftBaitGlue.com
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Fisherman will want to stick with a new adhesive product MAYBE IT'S A LITTLE late, but I think I've found the perfect stocking-stuffer for your hunter or fisherman.
I can think of dozens of instances where a perfectly good soft plastic worm, fluke, grub or lizard was torn beyond fishable status, relegating it to the garbage. My pet peeve was being shown by some angry smallmouth that a grub I thought was firmly fastened on a lead-head jig would suddenly have to be replaced. A monstrous strike ran it up my line, which, to a soft plastic lure, must be a little like passing a kidney stone.
I'd go through a package of grubs in one afternoon on the Mohawk River in New York. Wouldn't it have been nice to instantly repair a tear or two and extend the life of one of those slithery offerings, rather than yanking it off and sticking on a new one every 15 minutes? Soft plastics, especially the really soft Senko varieties, are a constant drain on the wallet of the tournament fisherman.
Tying flies with head cement is invariably messy, and the drop size is hard to control. I have a good touch with the garden-variety head cement that all fly-tiers use, but I've experienced the pain of tying a very good fly, only to sully it with a slip-up on the glue application.
Ever had ferrules come apart while fishing? Lost a line guide on a fishing rod? Had a handle butt come loose? Had the end fletching on an arrow let go, so that the feather or plastic vane was flapping in the breeze? Lost an arrow nock? Had a crucial knot let go that lost a big fish?
We outdoorsmen are often our own worst enemies in maintaining our equipment. When you're standing waist-deep in a river with a busted who-zee-whatzit, there's a high probability that the guy who can handle the problem and get back to fishing will catch more fish than the guy driving home.
My new best buddy is Mike Rice. While showing our 9-year-old daughter, Laurel, the model train show in Central Park a couple of weekends ago, I stumbled upon a booth and a guy with no trains or train accessories for sale. He had a bunch of little tubes in front of him, and a bunch of little parts to a whole lot of little things. The show was winding down, and he probably didn't want anybody else bothering him. But I made him go into his spiel one more time. I could tell he didn't have his heart in it, so, ever being the fisherman, I dangled the "I'm a writer" lure in front of his nose, and he bit.
I left my wife and daughter to fend for themselves while I got educated on Pro's Soft-Bait Glue and another super-quick adhesive that he had up his sleeve. I'm not a huge fan of cyanoacrylate, better known as Super Glue. Besides being dangerous in my company, the stuff comes in itty-bitty tubes that, no matter how hard I try, just dry up into hard pieces after I use it maybe once or twice. Two-thirds of it becomes unusable. I can't think of many things I've repaired with it that actually have stood the test of time, and I keep buying the stuff and throwing away most of it.
Rice has a special formulation of cyanoacrylate, and the resulting adhesive, I must admit, is remarkable. How 3M Corporation missed the boat on this one is beyond me. I've used it for two weeks now, expertly repairing several arrows with vane damage ranging from broadhead cuts to the fletching letting go, some nicked soft plastic lures, and even a broken web strap on my climbing tree stand. It doesn't dry hard or make a mess. In fact, every time I remove the push pin, it flows out easily, just like the first time.
I am totally amazed each time I use it, because the repairs are instant, total and without mess. With the amount of glue you get for the money, I'd wager that it actually costs less in the long haul, because it really does seem that I will use every drop. I give this stuff a big thumbs-up for outdoorsmen.
I can't think of many repair kits that you could have with you on the Rappahannock this spring that could instantly seal a tear or a broken seam on your chest waders, and it actually cures faster when it hits cold water. Tournament bass fishermen will love it, because a drop instantly fixes a torn soft plastic lure with no residual hardening at the site of the repair. A drop can fix a hook to the head of the lure, making it impossible to drive up the line. Rattles and weights can be inserted and sealed instantly.
Call Mike Rice at Innovative Promotions, 804/798-5225.
