Tim J. wrote:

When I started tying a few years ago, I would find those in almost every
fly shop. I think I picked up a set (for different sized hooks) from
Walt at http://ezflyfish.com, but now I can't find them at all. A very
handy tool when you're crowding the eye.

Are you talking about the Thompson hackle guard:
http://www.dhthompson.com/tools.php

I've got one of those somewhere in my stack of stuff. I bought it
thinking I'd use it all the time, and promptly stuck it in one of my
tying materials bins, never to be seen again. :-}


Chuck Vance (who tends to grab a length of plastic straw when he
gets desperate)