Tool Tip: Bobbin Holder Threader

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Published on Feb 5. 2019 - 6 years ago
Updated or edited 4 months ago

Tying tools

Tying thread

A fly tying tool tip from Wayne Luallen. Using the Wasatch Rotating Bobbin Threader. Find the Wasatch tool here.

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Tool tip: Polishing the Bobbin Holder Tube

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.

Mar 2. 2018

Tom’s bobbin holders

Get ready to meet the “Hummingbird”, a very different bobbin holder designed and made by Dutch Tom Biesot

Sep 9. 2014

Threading a bobbin

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.

Aug 31. 2014

Bobbin holders for fly tying

Most people use a bobbin holder when they tie flies. In spite of being a simple tool there are some pretty advanced models out there.

Apr 10. 1995

In the most simplistic terms, a flytying kit must only have the tools and materials necessary to tie the flies you may use on a single trip or a single river. However, like most of us, a travelling flytying kit consumes more space than 26 high-schoolers crammed in a Volkswagen Beetle.

Jul 20. 2025

Tool Tips volume 1 (by Wayne Luallen)

00:00 Rotating bobbin threader
01:19 polishing bobbin holder tube
03:09 bodkin cleaner
03:54 polishing scissor tips
05:44 Hackle plier grips

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