Buy him a Sidewinder, several packages of bobbins and one of those bobbin keepers. Either the little round ring or the stacking kind.
Do the two of you fish? Does he bait your hook? If so, continue to put the bobbin in for him. If he made you learn to bait your own hook then make him learn to put a bobbin in. HOWEVER, if he has very large fingers putting a bobbin in could be quite difficult. Especially if he did or does a laborous job and his fingers are calloused.
Then again, maybe he just likes you being close and likes the attention he gets by having you do it. Or maybe, like mine, he just likes to be aggravating. :lol: :lol: