How Did I Live Without This Thing? 2024
SirSnookalot reply :
http://tyepro.com/
RustyShackleford reply :
Oh dear....the day I buy this will be the day I quit fishing. I have my reasons.
SirSnookalot reply :
On 3/1/2015 at 4:12 PM, RustyShackleford said:Oh dear....the day I buy this will be the day I quit fishing. I have my reasons.
$14.99................lol
A-Jay reply :
This is something I can definitely utilize.
Fly fishing in lowlight conditions early & late in the day and even after dark, changing flies is a challenge for me, even with magnified readers (glasses).
I'm going to try it.
Thank you for posting it.
A-Jay
Sam reply :
Good idea.
Could help us tie our knots faster and better.
Hope someone gets one and can try it out in order to post back what they think about it.
dlh2 reply :
Looks like you could make one with a clothes pin....
*Hootie reply :
I like it.
Hootie
new2BC4bass reply :
Kind of expensive, but I ordered 3 anyway. Giving 2 away. My eyes aren't the best so this should be a big help. Will post back after getting to use it.
ABW reply :
Take my money!!
Josh Smith reply :
I might try it. Looks like it's limited with regard to the number of different knots it can tie. I only use the clinch knot in limited circumstances.
Josh
cgolf reply :
Little pricey, but looks like a good idea, especially for low light situations. If that could keep me from using a headlamp that would be great.
Darren. reply :
Holy cow that's awesome!! I can see that as useful for me.
I remember when learning bottom fishing long pole technique
from an elderly Korean man, he was trying to thread a hook but
kept missing it. I helped him, but inside I laughed and felt sad
for him at the same time. It was so easy for me to see the eye
and get the 6lb test line thru it.
That is until the first time it happened to me after my eyes started
"the change" after I turned 40....
These things find a way to come back and bite you in the butt, LOL.
Montanaro reply :
Unless it ties the knot for me, I'm not buying
ward131 reply :
I can see the eyelet of the hooks just fine. but my hands just don't hold a hook! I have used a my hemostats in the past but this looks like it my do the trick.
SirSnookalot reply :
Bit overwhelmed at the enthusiasm. I kinda thought it was the chuckle of the day, given the price tag. If it works for us go4it.
Comfortably Numb reply :
I once knew a girl that could tie a knot in a cherry stem 
I am blind in one ey and not so great in the other from Diabetes. This should help me imencely.
RustyShackleford reply :
On 3/1/2015 at 11:09 PM, ABW said:Take my money!!
You forgot the picture to go with that.
mhilgtx reply :
I can barely see, should be replacing my 5 year old glasses instead of being on this site and buying fising line but I GOTTA HAVE IT!
RSM789 reply :
I am going to wait for the 2.0 version. It sends a small robot up your line checking for nicks, chooses where to cut the line and then chastises you for fishing with monofilament...
atcoha reply :
Neat little tool, especially for us that wear glasses...I have a hard time seeing up close with my glasses on, and have to remove them to tie.
I have had a similar tool for tying snell knots for years...forget the name of it, but it's handy.
Gundog reply :
I'll say it if no one else does.....for us older fishermen and women this seems like a worth-while product. As we get older certain things start to fail us. Maybe its the hairline, or the bum knee, or maybe its our eyes. In any case, this is like * for our eyes. :0
Fisher-O-men reply :
On 3/1/2015 at 10:15 PM, dlh2 said:Looks like you could make one with a clothes pin....
And sell it for $10.99!
Smokinal reply :
How does it do my uni to uni and my Modified Albright???
JK, looks like a pretty useful tool in certain conditions, cold being one of them. Wish I had invented it.
plumworm reply :
I think a lot of us are missing the point of this tool. It's used to thread the line through the eye of the hook, not a knot tool. Most of use old folks need a little help ( some more than others). Pass the line through the hook eye and tie whatever knot you want. Would I buy it? No, but maybe, someday I may have to. $15 is a lot to spend for a tool, unless it will help you keep on fishing. nuff said.
BigSkyBasser reply :
Looks like it would either make a Palomar a little easier or waaaaaayyyy harder to tie . Would like to see a demonstration of multiple knots before buying. The idea however is great and I'm surprised this wasn't made 20-30 years ago.
SirSnookalot reply :
The joke is on me as I see many people view this item as a serious tool that might be hard to live without, so I'm wiping egg off my face. As many here I fish in the dark and wear progressive lenses on my rapidly approaching 70 year old eyes, happy to report I have no threading or knot tying problems. If I did I'd probably pick up 3 pack of needle threaders for less than 2 bucks or one with a built in light for about $4.00. It works fine, I just tried using 4# mono on a tiny jig head, very functional but doesn't look to cool.
jignfule reply :
I like it
my old eyes like it
and my ten thumbs like it
plumworm reply :
SirSnook, You are one of the lucky 70 year olds with the ability to be able to do what you do. I was approaching blindness last year and had 2 very successful eye surgeries in Jan. I still need Wallyworld reading glasses to read/thread line but there are so many who can't. If this simple tool @$15 will help them continue to fish, what a great innovation. Today, was my 69th.
everythingthatswims reply :
I'll buy it when they make one for a Bimini Twist
SirSnookalot reply :
On 3/3/2015 at 1:37 PM, plumworm said:SirSnook, You are one of the lucky 70 year olds with the ability to be able to do what you do. I was approaching blindness last year and had 2 very successful eye surgeries in Jan. I still need Wallyworld reading glasses to read/thread line but there are so many who can't. If this simple tool @$15 will help them continue to fish, what a great innovation. Today, was my 69th.
I feel for ya, I do wear bifocals but I don't have any problem seeing what I need to tie.
On 3/3/2015 at 1:55 PM, everythingthatswims said:I'll buy it when they make one for a Bimini Twist
This guy (RIP) claims his knot is a strong as a bimini twist, pretty much the way I tie it and it works quite well. Interesting as no modern sophisticated knot is used, just an ordinary clinch knot. If handles bonefish and permit it's going to handle anything I catch and it does. I go back and refresh myself with this video often.
everythingthatswims reply :
On 3/3/2015 at 3:45 PM, SirSnookalot said:I feel for ya, I do wear bifocals but I don't have any problem seeing what I need to tie.
This guy (RIP) claims his knot is a strong as a bimini twist, pretty much the way I tie it and it works quite well. Interesting as no modern sophisticated knot is used, just an ordinary clinch knot. If handles bonefish and permit it's going to handle anything I catch and it does. I go back and refresh myself with this video often.
RIP Jose Wejebe. His show was one of the best ever made. When I fish braid and small leader I tie a triple surgeons knot, no issues with that at all, and when I use bigger leaders I will tie the FG knot or at least the version I learned. Never done anything other than an improved clinch or palomar to tie to a hook or bait. Maybe I can get 95% strength out of a sophisticated knot but I break of very few fish so I am sticking with what I got!
0119 reply :
On 3/1/2015 at 11:38 PM, DarrenM said:
"the change" after I turned 40....
Wait till you experience the change of turning 50!!!
Darren. reply :
On 3/3/2015 at 9:45 PM, 119 said:Wait till you experience the change of turning 50!!!
Yeah, that's 4.5 years away for me, LOL.
I've watched 3 of my elder siblings go thru it!
SirSnookalot reply :
Try 70.......a few months and I'll let you know.
senile1 reply :
I think this tool is definitely useful for older eyes when threading very small hook eyes. I do think the price is a bit steep for the basic functionality provided but I would probably buy it at some point.
tomustang reply :
On 3/1/2015 at 11:08 PM, new2BC4bass said:Kind of expensive, but I ordered 3 anyway. Giving 2 away. My eyes aren't the best so this should be a big help. Will post back after getting to use it.
I don't want one 
tomustang reply :
That's the second knot tying aid I've seen in a month. Must be the new craze
Alonerankin2 reply :
I saw this advertised on a News page yesterday.. Still not sure how it helps someone see though..
Smokinal reply :
On 3/3/2015 at 9:02 PM, everythingthatswims said:RIP Jose Wejebe.
wait wait wait...What happened to Jose? I used to watch his shows as well and really admired the guy. Just seemed to have all the knowledge in the world about saltwater fishing. Didn't know he had passed.
Much respect and RIP.
Alonerankin2 reply :
On 3/4/2015 at 9:39 AM, Smokinal said:wait wait wait...What happened to Jose? I used to watch his shows as well and really admired the guy. Just seemed to have all the knowledge in the world about saltwater fishing. Didn't know he had passed.
Much respect and RIP.
He was a Aircraft Pilot as well, he crashed a Hi performance single engine plane on take off..
Smokinal reply :
4 years ago a good friend of mine crashed his YAK 52 while re-certifying his pilots license, upon take-off. He and the instructor both died on impact. RIP Mark, I miss you buddy.
SirSnookalot reply :
The Spanish Fly website is still active, I watch it quite often.
http://www.spanishflytv.com/
Mass Bassin' reply :
great for small jig heads but I have no use for it. helpful if you use those kind of baits though.
DogBone_384 reply :
Might just have to help my 48 YO eyes at dawn/dusk with one of these... thanks for posting it.
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