10-05-2007, 11:10 PM
...this may sound weird especially from a novice tyer but when scruffy and I got together to give me some basic lessons he told me to use a bobbin even with the wire spool.. you can use the weight of the bobbin to help keep the wire out of your way until you need it...
...I also used my hackle pliers to hold the flat pearl tinsel back out of the way when I was tying the flashback pt nymphs for the fly swap... for me anyway it worked very well...again.. the weight of the pliers kept the tinsel out of the way until I needed it and then the pliars were a larger item to hold on to while setting and adjusting the tinsel to be tied down (seems my fingers are not as nimble as they used to be....
MacFly
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...I also used my hackle pliers to hold the flat pearl tinsel back out of the way when I was tying the flashback pt nymphs for the fly swap... for me anyway it worked very well...again.. the weight of the pliers kept the tinsel out of the way until I needed it and then the pliars were a larger item to hold on to while setting and adjusting the tinsel to be tied down (seems my fingers are not as nimble as they used to be....
MacFly
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