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Hello Everyone,
Hope all of you are safe in this pandemic. I am really getting fed up with my first vise, a cheaply made China product. I want an instrument that will clamp large treble hooks ,any size of coil and spins with ease. So I am curious what everyone is using and what they recommend.
I suspect a vise made for saltwater lures may be what I need that does not have an
outrageous price.
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| Hi Jim, I use a pair of vise grips that have a solid rod welded to them. The solid rod fits in the holder of the cheaper fly vises. It cost me a beer for a friend to weld the rod on the vise, and the rod and vise grips was about $20 all total. |
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| I use my bench vise for the 7/0 trebles works ok .
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Location: midwest | If you are in need of a fly tying vise look at the products from Dynaking. they have the strongest jaw assemblies for holding lark saltwater hooks in the fly tying industry. They are pricey but a lifetime investment in a machined tool. https://dyna-king.com/ I have a simple kingfisher that I've used since the mid 90's on my hooks from 2/0 and up. |
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| Thank you Mstormc, Crazywaynee and Slime King. All very helpful. Haven’t made up my mind yet but looking hard.
Hope the pandemic does not prevent us from going to the lake.
jim |
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Location: Milwaukee, WI | Been tying for years, you would not need a rotary vice for bucktails. Nice to have, but a simple vise works. Check out a Peak if you want rotary. |
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