Ray, This may turn out to be worse than nothing, but I hate to see someone's thread go dangling for lack of interest. So, if I may ask for your indulgence, I'll try to help ->
A few years ago, I ventured out a little way into fly tying, but because of some health problems, I never used the flies I had tied very much and ended up with the whole affair getting shelved. However, at the time I was into it, I realized (as your grandson apparently has done) that I needed some sort of 'work station'. So I made a rudimentary setup which was nothing fancy but served my needs at the time. I never really did enough tying to become what I would have considered an accomplished tyer, but I had fun with it for a short while.
What I will need to do, if you can wait a few days, is to try and dig out what I made and make a photograph or two for you. I'm assuming your grandson already has a tying vise, which is the central element of this activity. Also, I should ask, have you tried doing Google searches for topics like "fly tying workstations" or "fly tying demos" ? As I recall, there were some very imformative video clips on 'You Tube' about fly tying, and perhaps your grandson would benefit from them.
Later then,
Harvey
