OK ive spilled some head cement and had a hook in the bottom of one sock
anybody else want to admit to something?? 
I glued my scissors shut with super glue.
Roy
I left a candle (melted some glue and burned the ends on some San Juan Worms) burning in a Renzetti foam tool caddy, and went fishing.
Came home, house smelled like fire, which wasnāt unusual since my roommate did do forest fires on occasion. Was sitting at my computer (after wiping off the keyboard, which was covered with greasy sooty stuff), turned to get something from the tying benchā¦
There was a burned spot in the tying bench, about 18 inches across, with the remnants of tools, feathers, fur, synthetics, etc in it. I think the only thing that saved me was that the bench was particleboard and didnāt actaully catch fire, just charred.
Lesson learned.
Other than the box of 100 size 28ās in the carpet?
Humm???
Can not think of any??
Denny
I spilled head cement on a brand new office desk at homeā¦the lady was none too happyā¦took the finish clear off of one very large spot
also buried a size 18 barbed hook in my toe which musta been hiding in the carpetā¦had to take the pliers to it and rip it outā¦was not a fun moment for me, im squeamish as it isā¦i may have cried.
While Iāve learned many ways how not to do things, I thought Iād share one that was funny after it happened. I wear trifocals so when I tie I use a 7 inch lighted magnifier. I had just finished a very nice streamer and added a drop of head cement when I noticed a bit of thread blocking part of the hook eye. I thought Iād use my handy-dandy cauterizer/burner to burn the thread out and the fly should be fine. The moment I touched the cauterizer to the hook eye, the head cement caught fire and started burning up the fly. Instinctively, I started blowing on the fly to put the fire out. Unfortunately, the magnifier was still in place and all I managed to do was blow spit onto the magnifier lens. Even when my mind caught up with what was happening, my instinct still told me to blow out the fire. As expected, the fly was a total loss but at least I got a good chuckle at myself and how funny it must have looked if anyone was watching me.
Jim Smith
I often tie barefoot and one time dropped my scissors and they stuck in the top of my foot!
Wayneb
left a bag of Hoffman necks in my tent only to return to find the squirrels had chewed through the tent zipper and had decorated the pines around the tent with feathers ā¦lots and lots of feathersā¦nine necks worth
Sometime last Summer I was tying at my desk, went upstairs for a drink and felt an āowee!ā between the first and second toe of my right foot. Took off my sock and found a Tiemco 100 hook, size #18 buried past the barb. Tried to get it out to no avail. I went to the Dr. and it took three of them more than 2 hours to extract that pesky little thing!
Ouch! I guess I still havenāt learned my lesson since I still tie without shoes on.
Kelly.
I think I mentioned this one time before, but itās really funny even to meā¦
I was tying up some hairwing skunks, and was using some super glue on them when I had trouble with the hairā¦ I guess I managed to get a drop on my fingerā¦thenā¦on my lipsā¦yep!.. glued āem shutā¦:shock: Freaked me out for a bit, home alone and allā¦right after I panicked and all that, I just grabbed one lip in each hand and yanked my mouth openā¦ squealed like a little girl and dang near peed down my legā¦ :oops:
yep, thatās tough olā ModocDanā¦
I left a brand new, not even one feather missing, Coq de Leon rooster neck laying on my tying bench. My Springer Spaniel puppy managed to push his playpen over to my bench, stretch his little neck while standing on his tippy toes, and get that new neck. Feathers, bird dog, what was I thinking? I salvaged a few feathers from his play pen that were still attached to scraps of skin. For the next couple of days he was pooping CdL feathers.
At one time I had a fairly heavy bodkin with a round handle. Said bodkin rolled off the bench and impaled my sandaled foot. All bodkins now have square or hexagonal handles.
REE
At a previous residence I accidently dropped a single edged razor blade under my desk after trimming some spun deer hair. Next time at the bench (barefoot) I stepped on the razor blade taking a nice little slice off the end of my toeā¦
Yonks
Kelly
Iām sure I could have got that out of your foot a lot faster! Wouldnāt have hurt (me) a bit.
Safety Tip:
Acetone will remove super glue. I use super glue in my wood shop and thereās always a small plastic bottle of acetone on the bench.
Before I used Scientific Angler fly boxes I had non-waterproof boxes. Iād wade deep and come back with wet fly boxes. One camping trip I left a box open on the table to dry out. The next morning I saw that chipmunks had eaten every bit of squirrel fur or rabbit fur out of that fly box.
Some of my first flies can be considered āTying Accidentsā. I have a few that look like a rooster exploded next to the hook.
Iāve cut the material off of a fly and ārecycledā the hook many times
I dropped my scissors and instinctively slammed my knees together to catch them. Naturally they were in a horizontal position and stabbed me in the leg. Next time they can hit the floor and bend.
I made the mistake of leaving the drawer open on my tying āchestā. My wife came home to find several colors of bucktail, pheasant feathers, a black rooster neck, and other bright colored feathers scattered all over the house.
Eight months later, Iām still finding feathers floating around.
Iāve impaled myself with my tying scissors, scratched myself on hook points reaching around the back side of my vice, popped hooks out of the cheap vice that came with my original kit, and glued a couple of flies to my fingers.
And Iāve only been tying for just over 2 years.
Looking back over this list, Iām thinking my wife needs to up my life insurance.:roll:
Kirk
had a few hooks in the carpet and I somehow always poke my dang fingers with hooks on accident. so far thats about it tho.
Was tying some bass bugs up and trimming them with a flat double sided razor blade it slip out of my fingers and sliced my thumb open requiring 6 stitches. Also bent down to pick up a fly on the floor brought my head back up and cracked it against the bottom of my desk. Seen pretty little birdies for a minute or too.
Iāve bodkinned my foot twice at two separate times when that tool rolled off my desk. Unlike REE, Iām not smart enough to get a square bodkin and continue to use the same, round tool. But folks lets face the truth. Friends donāt let friends tie barefoot!