Fly Tying Tools

There are a lot of tools that pertain to fly tying. It’s amazing how many tools you can find that are supposedly the "greatest fly tying tools you’ll ever use", but when you buy them, you can’t find a use for them. I’ve got a drawer full of "great" tools that don’t work as advertised. It’s pretty easy to get duped by a nice looking ad or a salesman trying to unload a slow moving product. There are also a bunch of tools I couldn’t do without. Let’s take a look at the essential ones.

One tool you’ll use every time you tie a fly is a bobbin. This little gem holds the thread and keeps tension on it while you tie the fly. It has a small tube (some are larger than others) that the thread runs through. Thank God it’s smaller than my fingers, or I’d never get a small fly tied.

Bobbins
Bobbins come in a variety of sizes and shapes, but they all perform the same duty. Some have ceramic tubes the thread runs through, others are just stainless steel. Some are flared, some are straight at the end of the tube, and some have mysterious bends in the frame designed to make them easier to hold. Some have ceramic or jeweled inserts on the end of the tube and some have springs that reel up the slack thread while you use them. Good bobbins never cut the thread and cheap bobbins almost always cut the thread, so it’s wise to invest in a good bobbin or two. One thing they all have in common; they all hold the thread and have a small tube that makes it easier to direct the thread to the right place on the hook. I have over a dozen ceramic bobbins pre-loaded with thread on my fly tying desk at all times.

Thank God for tools like these that makes fly tying that easy
Ron

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