I am trying to tie a black midge pattern that uses hackle. I am using a TMC 100 in size 20. I have a Griffin Mongoose rotating vise which I use to wrap the hackle on. Everything goes well until I try to tie off the hackle. At that point I become all thumbs. I can't hold the hackle clamp and the thread bobbin and tie off the hackle without letting go of something. I end up catching the flared hackle with my thread, loosing the hackle tip so that it comes unwrapped, break the thread off, or pull the wrapped hackle off as my thread wraps pop off.
I don't have a whole lot of hair left on my head, and this is causing me to pull more out!!!
What do you folks do?