It seems there are a great many of different types of dubbing twisters on the market.
How about opinions re: your favorites....and what are the pros and cons of them.
Dubbing Twisters
It seems there are a great many of different types of dubbing twisters on the market.
How about opinions re: your favorites....and what are the pros and cons of them.
Don't even know what brand mine is? I got it with my 1st set of tools. It's a 9" Shepards Hook tool. I think it's Materelli?
Shepherd's crook is one style ...what do you think of it vs the others?
I have three types.
The whirl is fast and just fun to watch spin. The prongs on mine separate to open the loop when I take the tension off the thread, and closes when I let it hang. That's nice for inserting material. The con is I need to use hackle pliers to wrap.
The Cal Bird is simple, has a nice long handle and is designed to make dodging the bobbin easy.
With Mitch's bobbin I don't need to dodge anything. It makes one less tool to loose under a pile of materials. It's fun to use. One disadvantage is I can't make a very long loop without running out of vertical space. Then I have to rotate the vise so the bobbin hangs off the edge of the table. On small flies, another disadvantage is there are three strands of thread in the loop. But that's when I use the split thread method.
dubbit tool from lary walker. mine is going on 20+ years
I like the SH style because it gives me more control, and it's easy to use when winding forward. No need to switch to another tool after spinning. I have a solid brass "spinner" that is pretty slick to use, but I seldom pick it up these days.
why would i want a need a dubbing twister in the first place?
read thisOriginally Posted by solowookie
http://www.flyanglersonline.com/flyt...ps/part144.php
Hey ,Norm, I removed [and later replaced] the felt on the bottom of mine...drilled a pretty large hole in the wood base...filled with lead shot...dubbit tool from lary walker. mine is going on 20+ years
Makes it handy to give it a spin if you want to.
I use my hackle pliers. Ala Poul Jorgensen.
"As far down the river as he could see, the trout were rising, making circles on the surface of the water, as though it were starting to rain."- E.H., The Big Two Hearted River
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