I also use the blue dental floss threader. It's my favorite go to. I've used several different wire types but mostly when threading ceramic tipped tubes.
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How do you thread your bobbin?
Started by smalltownfisherman, Aug 09 2009 10:00 AM
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Posted 22 January 2019 - 01:14 PM
I said bobbin threader but I have been known to suck it through when I just didn't feel like grabbing a threader.
For threaders I use both the wire and floss. Just depends on what mood I'm in.
For threaders I use both the wire and floss. Just depends on what mood I'm in.
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Posted 22 January 2019 - 01:17 PM
Feed the thread through the bottom of the tube, & keep feeding until it comes out the other side.
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Posted 22 January 2019 - 01:46 PM
insert thread and draw it up
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Posted 22 January 2019 - 02:51 PM
A lot of fly tiers suck...66% of us.
I've never bought a threader, but have one made of mono and wood dowel and one of small fiddle string and dowel, but rarely use one.It's just too easy to suck.
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Posted 23 January 2019 - 08:48 AM
Just like the football couch used to say "suck it up boys"!
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Posted 24 January 2019 - 03:01 PM
For years I used a J. Dorin bobbin that was a bit unconventional, it had a hole on the side of the tube just a bit up from the end. Easy to thread.
I had a bobbin threader I got somewhere, but I can't find it now. I was going to dig it out for tying nail knots, that was a good idea back on page 3!
