As neuropathy makes my fingers increasingly numb, I am having to find new ways to adapt and improvise. I spent several frustrating minutes at streamside yesterday trying to thread my leader through the small hole on a Thingamabobber. Then the light bulb lit. I pulled a few inches of tippet off a spool, threaded it through the small hole, around my leader at the desired spot, and then back through the small hole. Puling on the tippet loop got my leader through the small hole with ease.

A magnetic fly threader works well for me, even on surprisingly small flies. Still struggling with knot tying devices and procedures, but practice and a different set of hemostats should help. Meanwhile, the Weaver's Knot, which you'll find in the knots section of the main board, still works for me. I'm just slower at it than when I could feel my fingers.