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I don't like my dubbing loop spinner.

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I have a dubbing loop spinner but I don't like it. Here it is.

 

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It drops the loop if you aren't careful when winding around the hook and it's awkward to use. I saw one in the Orvis fly tying manual that has two separate hooks that held the loop, when you twisted the loop, they come together. I kind of like the looks of that.

 

I'd like to see what you guys recommend. I've seen the brush makers with the plexiglass clamp but I think that's a little over engineered for me. I'd like to keep it simple.

 

Thanks Mark

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turkey lacer has a hook on one end and sharp point on other, doubles as heavy bodkin- spins between thumb and finger in about half the time and effort I see in videos with fancy tools. I hold the loop open with a finger and load it with the other hand.

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turkey lacer has a hook on one end and sharp point on other, doubles as heavy bodkin- spins between thumb and finger in about half the time and effort I see in videos with fancy tools. I hold the loop open with a finger and load it with the other hand.

 

I could give that method a try with the one I have, just use one of the "hooks" on it. Thanks M

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This is the fastest and easiest dubbing twister that I have found. It has ball bearings and is machined so it is amazingly fast and smooth. No more Shepherd's Crook and sinker weight for me.

After I watched Gary using it, I got one for myself. Notice that he has modified his by cutting off a side of the arm so the loop stays closed and the single arm slips off the closed loop easily.
Modified by Gary
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My dubbit tool was bought 35 years ago from Larry Walkers fly shop in Colorado.

 

Hareline now distributes it

 

Yes I like it

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This is the fastest and easiest dubbing twister that I have found. It has ball bearings and is machined so it is amazingly fast and smooth. No more Shepherd's Crook and sinker weight for me.

After I watched Gary using it, I got one for myself. Notice that he has modified his by cutting off a side of the arm so the loop stays closed and the single arm slips off the closed loop easily.
Modified by Gary
Turbo-Spinner.gif
Original
turbo-dubbing-twister_z1.jpg

 

 

OK, I like this one. I think the way I would use it is to keep both hooks and use it to wind around the fly hook. After the winding is done and tied down to the hook, I will trim it off instead of trying to unhook the twister from the dubbing loop. Does that sound reasonable, or do you do it differently?

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I never saw the need for a seperate tool for spinning a dubbing loop. I started tying flies without a bobbin so, my hackle pliers became an indispensible tool - to hold thread tension as well as spinning my dubbing loops.

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My dubbit tool was bought 35 years ago from Larry Walkers fly shop in Colorado.

 

Hareline now distributes it

 

Yes I like it

 

I will check them out.Thanks.

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I never saw the need for a seperate tool for spinning a dubbing loop. I started tying flies without a bobbin so, my hackle pliers became an indispensible tool - to hold thread tension as well as spinning my dubbing loops.

 

Interesting. Not sure I could do that. I get frustrated easily. I'll get a tool.

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Mine is like the one Silver posted, except it's wood. I think it's from Wasatch.

 

I also have one that looks like a fly saucer.

 

Both of them have the two hook system, and I like that.

 

But I make my loop long enough so that once I've finished spinning the loop, I can grab it with my hackle pliers and use that to wrap it around the hook.

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