A fly tying profile plate
Whatever fly patterns you tie a fly tying profile plate is a blessing, especially if, like me, the reading glasses have to come out to play more often than they use to!
For years the fly tying profile plate has been pretty essential to me. Not only do they help to put a good contrast between the fly and the background they also make tying so much easier. Being a musician and having a recording studio I simply couldn’t understand how expensive they were when I could buy a pop shield for a microphone at a fraction of the price and they are so similar… So this is how I made one from a pop shield...