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?
just learned 2 things…
1 - there is such a thing a dubbing wax
2 - I’ve been doing this the hard way 
lol
awesome!
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…
Makes it handy to give it a spin if you want to.
I use my hackle pliers. Ala Poul Jorgensen.
I only have two things to say:
- I do mine entirely differently.
- Steven wears mighty bright red nail polish! (Holy Crap!) :lol:
I like that vise that is great… I’ll have to put it on my wish list, but would probably end up spending the money fishing instead lol
mine is a home made joberdo… a ceramic dresser knob with a screw hook in the backside and on the other side i glued a orange twist on wire connecter fer the handle…
bugman…I love it …
You would be surprised at the “joberdo’s”…[never heard that word:cool:]…I’ve concocted…maybe I’ll gather them up and do a photo some time…
need a pic bugman
Too complicated for me, man. Just twist it on the thread, baby! And why use dubbing wax? I thought that was what snot was for!
I usually just lick my fingers a bit, or stick it in my arm pit…
You Do know that adding scent to flies is illegal in some places, right?
I use an o-ring pick. It gets a bit long on occasion, and you have to make sure the open side is facing the direction your winding, but it works, and I already had it.
Kirk
Ok, heres 2 pictures of the joberdo made from stuff in the junk drawer… the holder is an inverted medicine cup with the bottom cut off then the top was closed off to become the bottom then painted… the dubbing twister/spinner is a simple ceramic cabinet knob with a hook screw in the backside and a wire connecter added to the front fer easy spinning or twisting…
