wgmiller
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I've got an upcoming birthday and Christmas is around the corner as well. Now that I'm a bit into fly fishing, I'd like to take the plunge and learn the art of tying flies. I'm at that point now where I'm ready to "complete the cycle" and tie my own flies to hopefully land fish with.
That being said, obviously one of the most important (and expensive) components of fly tying is the vise. I've done a good bit of reading and everyone seems to recommend that you don't scrimp on a vise. I'd like to make the investment in a product that I won't have to replace a year, two or five down the road. I also don't want to spend three or four hundred dollars on a vise either.
The ties I'll be learning to tie will presumably be in the range of 1/0 (salt Clousers) to the smaller trout flies like 20's, 22's, etc. I'm not looking to get into large salt flies/streamers and I don't think I will have aspirations to tie micro flies like that of the trico,etc.
I'm looking for recommendations an input so that I can present a list to the wife. The vise I choose need not be a pedestal model as I will be perfectly fine with a clamp model.
I've read a lot of good things about Renzetti Travelers: http://www.questoutdoors.net/gear/tested/traveler/
Any other recommendations in the $125-$200 range?
Thanks in advance!
That being said, obviously one of the most important (and expensive) components of fly tying is the vise. I've done a good bit of reading and everyone seems to recommend that you don't scrimp on a vise. I'd like to make the investment in a product that I won't have to replace a year, two or five down the road. I also don't want to spend three or four hundred dollars on a vise either.
The ties I'll be learning to tie will presumably be in the range of 1/0 (salt Clousers) to the smaller trout flies like 20's, 22's, etc. I'm not looking to get into large salt flies/streamers and I don't think I will have aspirations to tie micro flies like that of the trico,etc.
I'm looking for recommendations an input so that I can present a list to the wife. The vise I choose need not be a pedestal model as I will be perfectly fine with a clamp model.
I've read a lot of good things about Renzetti Travelers: http://www.questoutdoors.net/gear/tested/traveler/
Any other recommendations in the $125-$200 range?
Thanks in advance!