FlashGordon Posted January 22, 2009 Share Posted January 22, 2009 So I bought a bunch of tying gear and supplies of an older gentleman and I'm trying to figure out what everything is,I have a bankers box full of material of which nothing is labeled....fun stuff!! But I have this bobbin type thing and I'm wondering if it's just a bobbin or is it special purpose,it has some kind of tensioner as you can see by the thumb screw.I searched online and couldn't compare it to anything.Anyone know? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flytyer Posted January 22, 2009 Share Posted January 22, 2009 Interesting, I've seen a lot of old stuff before but have never seen anything that looks like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlashGordon Posted January 22, 2009 Author Share Posted January 22, 2009 great,the mystery bobbin i figured if anyone would know it was you,thanks for lookin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flytyer Posted January 22, 2009 Share Posted January 22, 2009 I send a buddy of mine in Germany a copy of the pic and see if he has any insight on this . He's an avid fly tying flyfishing history buff; he knowledge is vast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlashGordon Posted January 22, 2009 Author Share Posted January 22, 2009 hey thanks for that,I'm more curious than anything the guy I bought this stuff off was a rod builder too,along with all the books and videos there is some books on rod building as well so maybe it has something to do with that. I really enjoy gettin this old stuff,it's neat to go through...although i have replaced the simple whip finisher with a rotating matarelli,i couldn't for the life of me figure the 'simple' one out and i can use the matarelli on my first try without even looking up directions...also got 4 or 5 bobbins but i am gonna start up-grading to ceramic and use the old ones for wire... like i said,I really enjoy goin through all this old stuff...we'll see how the tying part goes,once i figure out what all these feathers,hairs and hackles are,there's one bag labeled and that's badger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flytyer Posted January 22, 2009 Share Posted January 22, 2009 Have fun with your treasure box.......kind of like being a kid at Christmas all over again isn't it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flytyer Posted January 22, 2009 Share Posted January 22, 2009 If the bobbin has a rod making background to it perhaps Don may have info on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonAndersen Posted January 22, 2009 Share Posted January 22, 2009 Have fun with your treasure box.......kind of like being a kid at Christmas all over again isn't it Guys, Wished I could help. I does look somewhat like some of the bobbins Herters sold 30+ years ago. Neat stuff. Don Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leroy Posted March 4, 2009 Share Posted March 4, 2009 I could be wrong, but I think it a old Herters bobbin. I have one just like it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverDoctor Posted March 5, 2009 Share Posted March 5, 2009 wonderful, love old fly tying stuff. Thanks for posting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlashGordon Posted March 5, 2009 Author Share Posted March 5, 2009 thanks guys... so how long ago since they made a bobbin like this? i like the history behind stuff like this,the old technology is as interesting as the new stuff sometimes...not saying i'd go back in time as far as wetting lines but it has it value in many ways all the same i also have a 9' bamboo that my uncle hand made for me about 25+ years ago that was paired with a old as dirt Hardy Marquis #7....sadly they both need some work as a life of being strapped to the back of a dirtbike didn't do them any good.... i can remember some of those days plain as yesterday,prbly had a few flies of a cpl patterns,like a royal coachman and a dark montreal (comes to mind).... i had no clue what i was doin but i know fish were involved,so i guess not much has changed,lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leroy Posted March 5, 2009 Share Posted March 5, 2009 I was wrong in my first post. I found the old bobbin, still in the origional box with instructions, and it is a D.H. Thompson Apex Fly - Tyer's Bobbin. The price is even still on the box $4.50. I looked for a date on the instructions, but there is no date listed. Hope this helps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leroy Posted March 5, 2009 Share Posted March 5, 2009 I was wrong in my first post. I found the old bobbin, still in the origional box with instructions, and it is a D.H. Thompson Apex Fly - Tyer's Bobbin. The price is even still on the box $4.50. I looked for a date on the instructions, but there is no date listed. Hope this helps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
admin Posted March 5, 2009 Share Posted March 5, 2009 Thanks for the update Leroy. I'll have to keep an eye out for one of my own. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverDoctor Posted March 6, 2009 Share Posted March 6, 2009 Now you need a vintage Thompson "A" to go with that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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