Problem with tying Wulffs

Wayne Knight wrote:
Conan The Librarian wrote:
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Do you use a manufactured guard or a bit of a drinking straw or
some other homemade guard? I've been playing around with homemade
things,

but find that I'm just as well off just using my third hand to hold
the fibers back. ;-)

I use something I picked up a few years ago, it's metal with a slotted
round and slightly conical head. I looked online in a few places for a
picture but did not find one.

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.
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TL,
Tim
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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)

Conan The Librarian wrote:
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

Yeah - that's the set. I *guarantee* I didn't pay $14.95, though, so it
may have been a knock-off.
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TL,
Tim
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