I'm looking for ideas of how to hold a fly while I tie it on my tippet. Last week I was tying on a #12 nymph and the knot was hard to pull down, it slipped and I drove the hook into my finger. (way to go dumb---)

I was thinking of using my hemostat to hold the hook but I can see problems with this. Thought of leaving the fly in the box while I tied it on, but I have pictures of my box hitting the water and me looking like a wounded deer tyring to chase it down.

Any Ideas?