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Hi Bud & group,
This information assumes you don't have an automatic bobbin:
You don't have to "pull out the thread" to drape the bobbin over the bobbin hanger. Instead lower the level of the hanger and place the back end of the bobbin/thread spool on the hanger. Adjust the height of the hanger until the "tip of the bobbin barrel" is in-line with the hook eye. Rotate the vise to complete your tying function, retrieve the bobbin from the hanger, push it (the hanger) out of the way, and continue tying (without having to "twist back the spool" on the bobbin arms). Using this technique your thread is alway at "working length." Keep an eye on Fly Tyer magazine for this and other tips. Take care & ...
Tight Lines - Al Beatty
www.btsflyfishing.com
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Thanks Al, the way you just explained is the way I've been doing it for years. This post is really starting to get comical...all I wanted to know is if anybody ever came across a "BETTER" bobbin hanger than what is supplied with 99.9% ((and I don't care who manufactures it)) vises sold today.
Buddy Sanders, thank you for the information. I threw together one last night and it works perfectly. Now I'm going to build one for keeps.
I don't just use the hanger for rotary work, I like the 12+ bobbins I have been using for the past 6-7 years & to be honest I'm quite happy with my techniques of tying. But hey, thanks for all the rest of your input.....hcmiller (Bud)