Tony, I might try a nor-bobbin for one style of thread, but I use about 40 different spooled items in my tying, from 17/0 midge threads to dental floss, and all kinds of tying wires. Even with 20 regular bobbins, I'm forever switching threads and colors, as I rarely tie two flies of the same color in a row. I use about 6 threads just tying Winger mayflies.
Unlike a commercial tier who's concentrating on how many flies of one kind they can tie in a minute ( =$$$ ), I'm concentrating on how am I going to present this tie to the public without being put in a straight-jacket and a padded cell. Some Questions, Tony: How long does it take you to spool up new thread on a Nor-bobbin? Do you use a drill or Dremel tool to load it? Is it a pain to break the thread and re-set everything? If one is not tying for speed, but just to relax, is the speed of the NB worth it? Can you have 20 Nor-bobbin spools loaded up? Is that practical? DonO ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tony Spezio" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, May 23, 2004 10:50 AM Subject: Re: [VFB] Bobbins > Don, > Once you master the retractable bobbin it is not hard to use it. Yes, it > has some drawbacks. If you tie on a Norlander it is almost impossible to > tie at any speed with out the retractable. The drawbacks are, having to > spool the thread on the bobbin spool, being sure you pull the bobbin > back far enough to lock, leaving some thread to not have the thread pull > back through the tube.Putting the clutch assembly in the spool so that > it locks, with the new bobbins, pre loading the clutch. This may sound > like a lot of trouble but it is really not at all. Once you get the hang > of it, it is a very nice bobbin time saving to use. I like not having to > spool the thread back by hand once you pull it out of the tube. > Joyce, your .02 > Tony > > DonO wrote: > > > > >One of these days I'll try a retractable bobbin to see if I like that. But > >my vote for best bobbin still has to be all of them. > > > >DonO > > > > > > > > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "beckrich richard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Sent: Saturday, May 22, 2004 8:41 PM > >Subject: [VFB] Bobbins > > > > > >To all the great fly tyers of VFB what is the bobbin > >of choice??????? > >Rite Bobbins??????????? > > > >Rick Beckrich > > > > > > > > > >__________________________________ > >Do you Yahoo!? > >Yahoo! Domains - Claim yours for only $14.70/year > >http://smallbusiness.promotions.yahoo.com/offer > > > > > > > > > > -- > Your favorite stores, helpful shopping tools and great gift ideas. > Experience the convenience of buying online with [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://shopnow.netscape.com/ > > >
