March Flies from the Vise

[Steve P 0]

I love your feet hair work Cream. It never ceases to amaze me how many people tie on an HMH and yet not to often do you hear it suggested as a great vise.

 

Steve

[TheCream 0]

I love your feet hair work Cream. It never ceases to amaze me how many people tie on an HMH and yet not to often do you hear it suggested as a great vise.

 

Steve

 

Most people seem to buy into the whole "it's not a true rotary" thing. For a non-rotary vise, I do a lot of rotary things on it. I'd be lost without it.

[Crackleback 0]

A heap of hair for the popper swap.

 

-Mike

[Steve P 0]

I love your feet hair work Cream. It never ceases to amaze me how many people tie on an HMH and yet not to often do you hear it suggested as a great vise.

 

Steve

Most people seem to buy into the whole "it's not a true rotary" thing. For a non-rotary vise, I do a lot of rotary things on it. I'd be lost without it.

I've tied on 9 different vises in the 24 years I've been tying and not yet been as satisfied with anything as much as I am with my HMH. I recommend one to everyone. I have both the spartan and a standard. Great tools with well above par customer service.

 

Steve

[Christopher K 0]

Are you guys using the Fugly packer?

[tctrout 0]

Here's my most recent, John Barr's BWO Flashback Emerger. It's an easy tie, and very effective. Many have modified this pattern, especially with various tailing materials to more accurately represent the shuck.

 

Enjoy,

 

Tim

 

Video of the pattern:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDPm3MXoIEc

[Crackleback 0]

Are you guys using the Fugly packer?

After years of using my hands I finally broke down and bought one about a month ago. I don't think I'm getting any denser bugs with it but it sure makes things easier. I haven't stuck a hook into any of my fingers recently either, which is definitely a plus.

 

-Mike

[Christopher K 0]

LOL, thanks, I've been considering getting one for a while now, but the price tag scares me away every time. Can you just push straight back with it or do you have to turn it a bit, that's when my stacking falls apart.

[flydojomaster 0]

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[Crackleback 0]

LOL, thanks, I've been considering getting one for a while now, but the price tag scares me away every time. Can you just push straight back with it or do you have to turn it a bit, that's when my stacking falls apart.

You just clamp on with the hook in the notch and pack everything back. You can certainly twist and torque and put some serious force into it but it's actually kinda easy to use too much force and accidentally snap the hook if you're twisting it around.

[kimjensen 0]

 

Really nice. What vise are you using?

HMH Spartan. It has the green portion instead of the standard color because I bought it at an Orvis store, so it's the Orvis Edition. Same vise, same price, different color.

Nice.

[Bruce Derington 0]

Nice and clean deer hair work, on all the above hair flies!

[lostman 0]

Something similar to a extra wide cheech leech, switched some stuff up though

[cheech 0]

Something similar to a extra wide cheech leech, switched some stuff up though

Very nice. That will move like crazy.

[FlyTyer15 0]

A heap of hair for the popper swap.

 

-Mike

I love your deer hair work Crackleback. If only mine looked as good...