Five Fly Tying Products You Should Have 

The magnet thing is a must.

Great ideas. The magnet is genius. Missing flies hooks and beads will hopefully be dredged up

Thanks Colin. Always fun to have new tricks in the tying room 👍

You got me to thinking (dangerous, I know). I used to do a lot of sewing (my wife and I did historical reenacting) and then you mentioned Big Fly Thread. Sewing thread is measured in Tex. I did a quick lookup and found that 1 Tex = 9 Denier. So the synthetic thread I have on hand at Tex 40 is the equivalent of 360 Den. And I pay $2.35US for 1093 yards (yes, one thousand ninety three yards). There are also lots of sewing "notions" that are used as thread keepers. I have a 2 pound peanut butter jar full of silicone keepers. Since most sewing spools are the same size as fly tying spools (or close enough), they work. I just checked and you can get thread up to a whopping 270 Tex. That's 2430 Den. I'd love to see some flies tied with that!

Nice video Colin 👍. The uni thread is Dacron based, which is used. To stitch sofa material 2gether.

In addition to the magnet idea strong uv light not only cures new resins, but will light up dropped beads and other materials under the desk.

Great ideas, thanks Colin. Definitely going to be trying some of these soon.

Thanks , The magnet is a life savor with dogs in the house.

Thank you for the 5 tips for tying products. I use a magnet on a popsicle stick, but maybe I should up grade! 🙂

I bought rolling 5 drawer carts that are that height and store materials in the drawers.

Those uni straps look really good!

Nice, specially to new fly tyers like me. 👍

For a minute there, I thought " What! Larry Bird is doing fly fishing videos"?!?

Where do you purchase UNI products? As far as I know, they aren't available in Iowa, and not available directly from the company.

Whole black pepper is amazing to keep bugs away.

May be a thought to add a pack or two of desiccant to the dubbing/hair bin. Cheap insurance??

Uni Strap seems to be tough to get….maybe just me.

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I need better glasses! haha Once I get down to the 12 14-16 size, my age starts letting me know...I can't see!! haha

I didn't realize Larry Bird was into fly fishing!