The Fly-Tying Vise?

Ken Fortenberry wrote in
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Tom Nakashima wrote:
I thought it over last night and decided to start tying my own flies.
What convinced me is, one of the person's in this group mentioned
that after I get started, I'll probably enjoy doing it. And what
better way to get
advice from the experts in ROFF.

I'm going to start with the vise. ...

I started with a cheap Indian knockoff of the Thompson A.
It works fine and I still have it, you don't have to spend
a lot of money to get something to hold hooks. Having said
that, I use a Regal these days. I like the flat surface on
the Regal for resting my left hand. I don't miss that the
Regal isn't a true rotary but some roffians tell me if I
ever got used to a rotary vise I wouldn't ever use anything
else.



You either like the spring mechanism of the Regal, or you don't. Many are
very happy with them. Some are happy with them until they shoot their
first hook across the room and chip the jaws in the process.

I don't know if jaw chipping is still a problem with the Regals, but it was
a while back.

FWIW, I rarely use my full rotary function, except for things like floss
bodies, where it really is killer.


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Scott
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