I've only been tying about a year and I weight many of the flies that I produce. I work with spools of round lead and put it on a bobbin without a ceramic insert. I use the ceramic inserts for thread. Recently I have been breaking off the lead often, causing me to put lead on once and then put some more on to get the amount that I want.

Can some of you share ways in which you work with lead. I have tried wrapping a few wraps and then untwisting the bobbin as you might when you tie with thread. I tried to add some photos, but I needed to resize them and I after trying that twice it still didn't like it so I am just throwing out the question.

Rick