Funny about the fishing lure thing.

My lifelong passion is fly fishing and fly tying.

Some of the best fly fishermen in the world are good friends of mine, and of course, they all tie their own flies.

We use a bunch of different coatings in various applications - lacquer, super glues, UV cured resins, etc.

We discovered that not all super glues are equal. The cheaper ones are usually water soluble. By far the most durable coating is good old lacquer. Sally Hansen's is a great, cheap way to buy clear lacquer.

It's cheap, stays put, is resistant to moisture, and doesn't get cloudy or brittle over a reasonable amount of time (several years). Even the best epoxy gets cloudy/yellows over time.

Lots of fly tyers use quick cure coatings for the base coat, then apply a lacquer overcoat for durability.

The best of the non-water soluble super glues is made by Pacer Technologies. It's stronger, and doesn't tend to get the white haze often associated with quick drying super glue. It's called Zap-A-Gap, for anyone that cares...