Stonefly tools.

[samben]

Can anyone tell me if they are any good?
I am going to get myself a fly tying kit together and was wondering if these were good fly tying tools.

[codenamemilo]

No mate - I bought a whip finisher and it fell apart within weeks. I think general concensus on here is that they are best avoided.

[hobble]

A tool is only as good as the person that uses it!!!!

The make you mentioned are well constructed and pretty to the eye,
just remember you pay for what you get,

[guest21]

Originally Posted by samben

Can anyone tell me if they are any good?
I am going to get myself a fly tying kit together and was wondering if these were good fly tying tools.

They are appallingly bad.

[Captain Scarlet]

Originally Posted by Lighthouse

They are appallingly bad.

I have to agree with Lighthouse here, they are terrible.... all apart from the hair stacker.... The only good thing to come from Stonefly IMO.

A good 2-3 ceramic tubed holders, a very good pair of scissors, velcro on lollipop stick (dubbing teaser), empty biro case (hackle guard), blu-tac (material holder), half decent whip finish tool should be enough to last you a while.

Carl

[chris68]

Yep, I agree with the above, they, the Stonefly tools, are not to good, they look pretty in their cases etc but are terrible, I use the C & F tools, but, I bought them over a period of a year, they are expensive but I like them a lot and would not swap them, ever.

Chris

[AndrewMWalker]

They are shockingly bad!! I think someone asked this question before, there's some really bad feedback on them. I remember thinking the look nice in the box.

Start by buying a reasonable ceramic bobbin, a good pair of scissors (spend about £10 to £15 if you can), you can make a dubbing needle from a sowing needle and a biro, stick it into the wide end and use the other end as a half hitch tool. Or push the boat out and but a dubbing needle. The only there things you might want some velcro to rough up fibres and a whip finish tool.

I'm a bit of a tackle tart and like nice tools. I collect a few now an again. C&F make some lovely ones and some of the Marc Petit Jean stuff is good.

If you're starting out you don't need to spend a fortune.

Hope this helps

Andy

[samben]

OK so the general opinion seems to be avoid. What would you guys recommend. Just took a look at the C+F tools, very nice but a little out of my price range. ( Rothchild has left the building )

[arkle]

Samben, as you're within easy distance of the bffi fair; wait & see what's on offer there. There's a guy who has a stand there, RG France. He has an amazing array of Indian tools some of which are c9ap, but there's a lot of great value stuff there as well if you know what to look for !

[Highlander]

hobble said

A tool is only as good as the person that uses it

You either work for them or you have never used their tools.

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