A while ago, Tidewater Capt. Bob Lemay posted some pictures of how he paints plain lead eyes by holding them between two threaded rods so they don't slide around. I have a fly holder with solid smooth rods a but the flies move easily and bump each other when I add one to the rod. I then started using bead chain spanned between wood and stretched between cup hooks in the bottom of a shelf above my tying table. The bead chain works well in keeping the flies where I put them but I wanted to try the threaded rods as holders. Here is what I came up with - 6 rods each 10 inches long. I don't tie smaller than #10 so this and the bead chain work fine, might be tough hanging a #14. Thanks for the inspiration Tide.
Kirk
Closeup of the threaded rod.