JohnMD1022

My old friend, George Green, tied classic  salmon flies in hand, and caught Nova Scotia salmon every year. He was equally adept with Sulfur’s for the LeTort and Tricos for Falling Springs, as well as Striper and other salt water flies for the Jersey shore.

On 9/18/2021 at 12:42 PM, terp said:

I would add that in using a Chinese knock-off of a Renzetti Traveler I found the hook grip to be fine.  So when I consider the jaw desing of a Dyna-King, the notch in the jaw seems like a needless complication.  I've read that around hook size 8 Dyna-Kings are tough to find the right grip.  Neither the Renzetti's nor the Regals have the notch, and the grip isn't a problem.  Maybe the notch provides extra security if you're yanking your thread a lot but that's not the type of tying I do.  Again, maybe I'm missing something about the whole Dyna-King design philosophy, and I don't mean to disparage any DK fans.

One other thing I would add is that I might have been better off buying the Regal Medallion with stainless jaws, as I rarely use the rotary function of the Revolution except to examine the underside of the fly, which apparently can be done with the Medallion (at a much lower cost).

I just find the grooved jaws to be a distraction, After 55 years tying, I don't know if I could ever fully adjust.

They could offer plain jaws as an option, and not as a $100+ add-on.

On 7/3/2018 at 9:10 AM, mvendon said:

 

Here's a pic of a Leonard vise that John Bonasera owns that he posted years ago on the Sparse Grey Matter forum. The model is a little different from yours, but the jaw assembly part of it looks just about identical if you turned it the other way.

 

Regards,

Mark

 

That looks like the head from my Leonard vise, but mine has a square stem.

On 12/26/2013 at 6:48 PM, Bugsy said:

I have and use both. As mentioned by Gene, one of the advantages enjoyed with most clamps is the ability to raise and lower the vise a little or a lot. But the Peak clamp is a different design than other clamps and thus doesn't offer this option, i.e., you tie at a fixed height determined by the length of the upright.

I learned to tie with a C-Clamp Thompson Model A. 

I have tried pedestal base vises and find them awkward. 

I don't tie when travelling anymore, but when I did, I used a little thing I made close to 50 years ago. Photo is at Falling Springs, Chambersburg, PA. I wish I still had that much hair.   

On 7/18/2021 at 6:05 PM, Moshup said:

@JohnMD1022 

You don’t happen to have a pic of that Leonard you can post ?  Welcome to the board by the way.

I'll shoot a few and see if I can post them.

I bought a Thompson Model A in 1965, and it sits on my bench today.

I bought an H L Leonard  vise in 1974. Try to find one of them.

Then I bought a DynaKing Traveller. Tried to tie one fly with it. The serrated jaws don’t suit me.

Then I got an HMH with lots of extras. Jury is still out on it, but it’s probably gone.

Meanwhile, I’m still using the Leonard.

What’s in the future, Norvise, JVice, or something different?