I just made one using the wire from a large whisk I found for 25 cents at a garage sale. I used small hobby brass tubing for the shaft. Wrapped the shaft and arms in small copper wire and secured with CA glue. Works like a charm. About $1 to make it. Thanks again for the idea.

hey if any body needs a hair stacker your can take a pipe cutter or saw and cut the neck of a .308 bullet casing then chop the neck and the bottom of a .223 or 5.56 and put it inside the .308 and put tape at the top of the 223 where u want it to stop.

Thats done it, watching such clear detail is great, now to the shed and do some thing worth while and not just bird boxes. Great blog.

Great video! I made my bobbin holder in a similar way but for the stem I used an old hollow knitting needle I had laying around. Works like a charm!

Fly ties on the end of a kite. Great video, thanks for sharing!.

For the people who don't have the materials I substituted them with big paper clips, a plastic tube lollipop stick, some decoration wire and glue, works all the same

You must have read my mind. I have tied flies for years without a bobbin holder. Now I know how to make one (was too cheap to buy one). Thanks Paul!

the thread came free from my sister, the beads i found in draw, the q-tip or ear bud came out of the bathroom, the glue i paid £2.00 i don't know how many drops are in the tube so lets say i used £0.05, the spinner wire cost £0.25. It is still working a year on but i am think of making some improvements. Cheers

Thanks again Paul for the great ideas.

Hey man, AWESOME! My girlfriends dad gave me an old fly tying kit and when i opened it up i noticed no bobbin:( this was the first vireo i watched and 10 mins later i have a sweet bobbin! and it was free! i used two of my girlfriend massive bobby pins and the fine spray attachment off a WD40 can lol. Thanks so much for such a sweet and easy idea!

Awesome dude I was about to buy one for usd 40, and I made one for less that 2 thanks to your video, working perfectly. thank you

You have some great ideas Paul. Well done!

I say FLYING TIES all the time! LOL Good DIY

Really nice. This thing is awesome I am trying it tommorow ! Though I have way different threads so I have to modify it. But the idea is awesome. Thanks again.

Bobbins have jumped up to almost $30 apiece here in the states. I'm going to try your method. I think I'll use a little heavier steel stock and some tiny brass tubing with a plastic seed bead CA glued on one end to keep the brass tubing from cutting my thread. Thanks for posting.

Mr. Padam, you're like the McGuyver of fly tying. Thanks for sharing.

PAUL, I TIE ON SIGHT TO TRY AND MATCH THE HATCH👍 THIS IS GONNA SAVE ME A BUNCH OF $$$$. KEEP UP THE FANTASTIC WORK MATE👍🤟😎

Thank you, I was wondering where to buy one of them fly bobbins, didn't realize they were that easy to make

Great video, as usual! I made one following your instruction.

Awesome idea.. I made one using your video except I used the plastic ink tube out of a pen for the shaft.

Thank you very much for sharing this. I'm restoring a vintage split cane rod and need to replace some of the corroded guides. I was thinking of buying one of these but won't be now.

Very cool. Thanks for sharing

Good job, I like your creativity.

Metal. The light touch of fine grit sanding paper reduces of risk of sharp edges cutting tying thread. After you remove the ball point head, wild sharp edge appears.

Awesome video!!!! I used the q-tip tube aswell, but my bobbin looks horrible compared to yours. THink im Gunna use your idea. Thanks

Excellent video. Very informative demo...just what I was looking for. I plan to make one of these and tie my own crappie jigs. I seen these go for $25. or more, crazy expensive!

great idea, thanks for sharing it

Hi Paul, Thanks man for the video. Appreciate it a lot.

Great temp bobbin. I dont know about long term, if you were to use it long term I would replace the Q tip thing with something more durable.

that is a great idea, thanks

excellent job Paul ill be making this too👍👍

Flying ties, brilliant, pissed myself. Good job too!

Thanks for the idea.. I'll make one for myself.

are they metal of plastic?

I use ball pen ink tube (either brass or plastic) Works great.

Thank you for your great ideas. ^^

HEy, i made few of bobbins out of these chemical pencil cartridges :D :D :D It works like a charm :D

Thank toi vert much

Now this is cool!

Congratulations to Brazil.

Thanks for the video

Nice.

Your righ,t i am cheap.But I find it more interesting that i have lost the urge to buy solutions. Last night i made a spinner blade and as I was cutting out the metal with snips I remembered watching a video of a machine that stamps out thousand of these blades per hour. What ever I make there will probably be a machine that can do it faster and maybe better, i fear the invention of the fully functioning sex robot. So i will keep my $1.69 and my bobbin holders, but thanks for the kind offer.

worth the tip. thank you

:: Awesome helping projet ,thank you ,merci .

Nothing like a good spoonerism

My girlfriend says that to me... 😂. Flying ties...I'm dead

Hi! I'm from Brazil. I like your videos, because help me very much. What line do you usually use to tie the wires? tks

good video! this rocks!

cool! But what when you have to apply a lot of tension to the thread? Like when you're tying down deer hair etc, won't the soft tube from the q-tip bend alot?

she does know that non of her girl stuff is now safe, ear bubs, wooden hair brush handles, even bras have wire in them, why do you think they call them fish net stockings cause you go fishing with them........... good luck with fishing and your girlfriend , my wife says "tell his girlfriend only to leave crap stuff lying round, and hide all the good stuff, also buy some cheap nail varnish for when he runs out" i do not know what she is talking about Thanks for commenting, good luck

I always say flying ties too!

Dear Paul, your videos are amazing, I it watch one and ano and one time, tks for teach us very much things, please were i can find the tempaltes for making the whip finishing tool, please, a big hug from Ecuador

I used 1mm spinner wire

Très bonne idée

What was the wire that you used?

dont cut it, just bend the wire in half, then bend the point down so the tube sits flush, will make the whole deal stronger, if you get brass pipe you can solder also, you can also bend ears in instead of beads in a pinch...good vid though

q-tip SMART!

so awsome

How many flies did you this on? When Im tying the thread would cut the tube in no time.

greetings ..... Super excellent sample sigueinte be my project ..

Can u make one of these without the spinner wire

What did you use for the straw/hollow tube

Não entendi nada por ser outra lingua mais valew ajudou

Anyone know where to get decent 2 mm wide ceramic tubing from? He has given me an idea.

How much did it cost to make one of those?

Thanks

If not were do u get the wire

thanks

It's fantastic but give me one lure for tuna

Cool shit bro.

It takes a bobbin holder to make a bobbin holder. Hmmm

Cool

good

Thor, I bet that's his first name.

My wife just took notes.

what kinds of metal stems or rods are you using

What kind of string do you use ( the stuff on the spool)

Yes and for $1.69 I can mail you a new one made in the U.S ..

Hey Thor, can u send me one,thanks,I'd like to see that.

Do you know we're you can get the metal wire in Australia

I bought a bobbin holder to make a bobbin holder. Lol

if you so poor to make a bobbin holder, don't enter fly fishing cos the material are expensive.