What type do you use? Why do you like it? Pros/cons?
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What type do you use? Why do you like it? Pros/cons?
Matarelli.
Matarelli. Can I vote twice ?
90% of the time I whip by hand.
When I do you use a whip finisher, I'd guess I split evenly between a Materelli and a Thompson.
I find the Thompson most useful when tying off a parachute on the hook.
Matarelli !
Started with a Thompson, and never liked it. Went to a Matarelli, and won't ever use anything else.
Matarelli
No comparison IMO.
none
2-3 half hitches, done
Matarelli. Several times faster & neater than any other method for me. 5 second to throw 2 whip finishes on a fly? Yes please.
i use both each has it own uses.
We had a rather in depth thread on this topic not too long ago.
http://colo2.flyanglersonline.com/bb...tarelli&page=2
The below links will show you no less than 12 (mostly) distinct different types/styles of tools called whip finished made exclusively for fly tying.
Standard (English Style):
http://www.heartlandflygear.com/images/tools%20003.jpg
Thompson (Modified Standard?) and Matarelli:
http://copperfly.net/images/material/whips.jpg
Stonefly Rotary Whip Finisher:
http://www.fishingmegastore.com/acat...p-finisher.jpg
C&F Rotary Whip Finisher:
http://www.bearsden.com/media/rio_cn...p_finisher.jpg
TMC Quick Finisher (called rotary on some sites):
http://www.askainternational.nl/graf...k-finisher.jpg
on line video on "How to use a Rotary Whip Finisher". Looks like a Matarelli type.
http://flyfishingvc2.magnify.net/vid...-Whip-Finisher
Griffen Whip Finisher:
http://www.hareline.com/images/harelinejpegweb/GT45.jpg
Roman Moser Whip Finisher:
https://www.lakelandflytying.com/ima...p-Finisher.jpg
TMC Midge Finisher:
http://www.askainternational.nl/graf...e-finisher.jpg
??? Some of these I couldn't begin to guess how to use them:
http://www.thefriendlyfisherman.co.u...ish%20tool.jpg
http://www.flytyingspecialties.com/i...p-Finisher.jpg
http://ghoshexim.com/images/whipfinisher.jpg
http://www.avkrokenfiske.com/catalog/images/966472.jpg
http://www.togenenterprises.com/i/ty...sher_small.JPG
I use my fingers. Don't see any reason to use a whip finisher.
Been tying for35 years and never used one I just use my fingers
I'll second that!Quote:
Originally Posted by Draggerman
Brad
Matarelli Extended Reach model.
They do what the standard models do, but they can do it further down the shank of a very long hook. They're handy for stage tying larger patterns.
Best, Dave
If it can't eat a 3/0, it must be bait !
By hand here, too.
I started on a Thompson style whip finisher about 30 years ago but quickly changed to a Matarelli as soon as I tried one. They are a pleasure to use, especially if you get a real one, not one of the knockoffs. I recently picked a Thompson style finisher at the Somerset show. I read somewhere that they have an advantage for certain types of flies. That remains to be seen. The Matarelli has served me well for many years.
Matarelli standard and extended reach model.
I purchased a whip finisher years ago. It was made in India and the instructions were written in English by a non-English speaking India native. Never could figure it out.
hands/fingers:rolleyes:. easier, faster, more accurate(for me), and Because i have a Thomson whip and have no idea of using one.:p
Matarelli for me 100%. Can't do the finger thing as I do lots of work outside plus hunting/fishing so my hands are usually pretty beat up so the thread gets hung up.
Fingers. I like the feel of finishing by hand. I have a couple of store-bought whip finishers, but the two that I was born with work pretty well.
:)
At least I quit rubbing a dab of parafin on the heads of all my flies before putting them in boxes. That can get a little rough on the old fingers, expecially on little flies where the barb and the eye are close together.
Ed
P.S. Good point from Dr. Fish. There have been times when whip finishing silk thread by hand seemed like a lost cause.
I use a Matarelli for smaller flies and if I need to work my way around materials that stick out a little toward the eye. I think my wraps are more precise with the Matarelli but if I am in a hurry or just can't find the whip finisher then I whip by hand. I also hand whip when I am trying to tie off larger flies with large materials that stick out over the eye or am trying to whip finish farther back on the fly shank (such as a crayfish fly that I tie.)
I use a Matarelli. Used a different kind when I was growing up, tried a Matarelli once and never looked back. Works on any fly, easy to use, ambidextrous.
Griffin or by hand. The main thing if you are thinking of buying one is to go to a FLY SHOP and set up a vise and hook. Try all the whip finishers they sell and choose the one you feel most comfortable with. I can use a Matarelli (almost the same as a Griffin), had a couple of Indian ones (double bend at the 'tip'), but feel more secure with the Griffin
I use my fingers. The pro is that I haven't lost them yet, unlike the whip finisher tool that I've never quite learned to use properly (a thompson, I think). Con, it prevents me from learning how to use the tool, and I would like to become familear with it. Just can't find it as it seems to have sunk to the bottom of the material's box through disuse! :)
- Jeff
Ditto on what Normand said.Quote:
Originally Posted by Normand
Kelly.
Been fly fishing for 15 years, and fly tying for 14 years. During those 14 years I have only used the Matarelli Whip Finisher. Tried the others, and they were too complicated, and unwieldy. Gotten to a point that I do not do half-hitch anymore, I just use my Matarelli Whip Finisher.
When dressing brassie wire bodies I secure them with a Matarelli Whip Finisher.
~Parnelli :D
I have both the Thompson, and Materelli, but I probably use the Materelli more. It's easier to put whip finishes on other places besides the nose of the fly, like in the middle of the body for Chernobyle Ants, Pom-Pom Spiders, etc...