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Tool tip: Polishing the Bobbin Holder Tube

Feb 5. 2019
Wayne Luallen shows how to get the inside of the bobbin holder tube smooth and free of burrs to avoid breaking or fraying the thread.
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Tool Tip: Bobbin Holder Threader

Feb 5. 2019
A fly tying tool tip from Wayne Luallen. Using the Wasatch Rotating Bobbin Threader. Find the Wasatch tool here.
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Thread Trap

Jan 24. 2019
Wayne Luallen demonstrates an easy way to catch materials and secure them without having them roll on the hook shank when wrapping thread over them.
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Split Thread Dubbing

Jan 24. 2019
Wayne Luallen shows how to use the split thread dubbing technique in fly tying.
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Tom’s bobbin holders

Mar 1. 2018
DIY Get ready to meet the “Hummingbird”, a very different bobbin holder designed and made by Dutch Tom Biesot
See the article here
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Tying Neat Heads

Sep 9. 2017
Over the years we found some tiers will tie a beautiful fly only to mess it up in the last few minutes they spend with it. Too often the fly ends up with a large, lop-sided head.
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Using the Right Thread for Deer Hair Work

Jun 25. 2017
Pat Cohen explains the properties that make gel spun thread ideal for deer hair work and goes over the proper technique for applying maximum pressure to the thread.
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Chris Helm's thread articles

Mar 24. 2017
History These three articles on tying thread were written by renowned fly tyer and deer hair equillibrist Chris Helm.
Read more here.
Article

Fly Tying Thread Options

Mar 24. 2017
History Most fly tiers depend on their local fly shop for the thread, as well as other essential materials, to tie flies.
Read the article here
Article

New Age Tying Thread

Mar 24. 2017
History GSP or Gel Spun Polyethylene fly tying thread was fairly unknown when Chris Helm wrote this article. His observations still stand.
Read the article here
Article

Using Denier to Standardize Fly Tying Thread

Mar 24. 2017
History It makes sense to have a standardization, which would eliminate much of the confusion that surrounds fly tying thread today.
Read the article here
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Dyneema tying thread

Oct 19. 2016
The pros and cons of using Dyneema tying thread.
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SMHAEN Bobbin Holder Review

Apr 3. 2016
This is a Review of the SMHAEN bobbin holder made by Stig Hansen reviewed by AndyPandy, My Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/andypandys.flies
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Heads

Feb 28. 2016
Better looking flies Yes, this is an article solely about heads on flies. Why they matter and how to get them to look good.
Learn it here.
Article

Threading a bobbin

Sep 9. 2014
Thread Considering how simple the goal is: to get the thread through the tube of a bobbin holder, there's a surprising number of ways to do it.
Find a few tips here

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