Most questions have been answered. I will add, the old bobbins did not have to be Pre Loaded, Henk pre loads his before threading the tube as I do. Joyce keeps the pre load on them with a hackle pliers. Some wrap the thread around the body frame a couple of times. Norm said he was getting too much spring breakage with the old springs and went to a new material for the springs. I load my spools with a 10.00 Harbor Freight cordless drill that I dedicated to spooling the thread.
You can be the only one that can decide if it is worth it to you or not. I still use my standard bobbins a lot of the time..
Tony
DonO wrote:
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
ButDon, 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.
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
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