02-22-2008, 01:03 PM
You should look at getting a half hitch tool. I like the smaller ones for doing flies 14 and smaller. You can use the end of a ball point pen for a half hitch tool but I think that for small flies the hole is too big.
I presume that you have a whip finish tool since you know that you don't like it. Have you watched a couple of whip finish videos? I suspect you are making some simple mistake in using it. My first whip finish tool did not rotate freely. I got a materelli whip finish tool that rotates freely inside a copper sleeve. That made the finish tool a lot easier to use. I have better control of laying the finish down with a materelli whip finisher than I do doing it by hand or using a half hitch tool. Many whip finishers have a solid shaft. It makes doing the whip finish harder.
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I presume that you have a whip finish tool since you know that you don't like it. Have you watched a couple of whip finish videos? I suspect you are making some simple mistake in using it. My first whip finish tool did not rotate freely. I got a materelli whip finish tool that rotates freely inside a copper sleeve. That made the finish tool a lot easier to use. I have better control of laying the finish down with a materelli whip finisher than I do doing it by hand or using a half hitch tool. Many whip finishers have a solid shaft. It makes doing the whip finish harder.
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