Chris, pulling out enough thread to prevent full wind-up can be irritating at times. Better just to remember to clip your hackle pliers to the thread before cutting. One can love or hate Norm's vise, but the automatic bobbin is essential if you want to tie on a true rotary. I too wish Norm would come up with an automatic that would take regular thread spools (difficult design task); I detest rewinding thread bobbins.
Cheers, Paul http://www.galesendpress.com -- Paul Marriner Outdoor Writing & Photography. Member OWAA & OWC. Author of Stillwater Fly Fishing: Tools & Tactics (Print [NEW] & CD), Modern Atlantic Salmon Flies, Miramichi River Journal, Ausable River Journal, and Atlantic Salmon.
