Pat has a new vice

[BilletHead]

6 minutes ago, Foghorn said:

Those beadhead nymphs Pat tied for the last fly swap looked deadly to me!

              She thanks you. 

[ColdWaterFshr]

Renzetti Traveler is all I have ever used.  Would like to get one of those fancy clamp levers, but like Ness, I have the old school dial tightener.

That first fly, the Walts Sexy Worm is a killer pattern, especially with a tungsten bead-head.

[BilletHead]

1 hour ago, ColdWaterFshr said:

Renzetti Traveler is all I have ever used.  Would like to get one of those fancy clamp levers, but like Ness, I have the old school dial tightener.

That first fly, the Walts Sexy Worm is a killer pattern, especially with a tungsten bead-head.

    There are 18 now in the small fly box. Six natural hairs mask with some tan antron mixed in with the pink head, six with same mix with a nickel head. Six more will nickel head with a mix of purple pine squirrel and purple antron.  All on a Fulling Mill jig hook size 18.  Might be a spell before we can try them because of the high water. 

  Note mine are more like the Mad Rabbit fly having a rib and brushed out with more of a halo effect. 

[FishnDave]

Another Renzetti user here.  

[Ham]

I looked really hard at a Renzetti, but I feel like I should tie a little on someone’s before ai buy my own.

I’m so used to my Regal that I am not sure I could adapt. I do have my eye on another Regal with a travel base rather than a C clamp. I do Love the bobbin holder on the Rensetti. 

[ness]

9 hours ago, ColdWaterFshr said:

Renzetti Traveler is all I have ever used.  Would like to get one of those fancy clamp levers, but like Ness, I have the old school dial tightener.

That first fly, the Walts Sexy Worm is a killer pattern, especially with a tungsten bead-head.

Wait…you tie flies?😀

[ness]

13 hours ago, Ham said:

I looked really hard at a Renzetti, but I feel like I should tie a little on someone’s before ai buy my own.

I’m so used to my Regal that I am not sure I could adapt. I do have my eye on another Regal with a travel base rather than a C clamp. I do Love the bobbin holder on the Rensetti. 

I’ve tied on a Regal pedestal and I really liked it. I really like a pedestal vice. 
 

I like the bobbin holder okay on the traveler. It’s nice, but does annoy me at times. It’s easy to swing out of the way though. 

[tjm]

 

1 hour ago, Ham said:

I do have my eye on another Regal with a travel base rather than a C clamp

Why not just buy a base for the Regal you have? The generic base for 3/8" stem  can be had for ~$20 from Amazon or J Stockard (probably other places too) or the Regal Travel Base for ~$150 but still less than a whole vise. 

I made a base for my "A" about one month after getting it back in '75,  hard maple with pipe fittings and still use it, I've seldom found a table  that the C-clamp fit. (with home made gallows tool, I also made a similar bobbin/thread support and rarely use either)

[Flysmallie]

Used a Griffin Odyssey Spider forever. It finally started showing its age and I replaced it with a Peak. They both hold hooks pretty well. 

 

[nomolites]

I have an older Dyna King Barracuda that I acquired when they were reasonably priced, and I am quite happy with it.  I will at times spend quite a bit of time in front of it cranking out ammo; I tend to lose a few in addition to giving to friends.

Mike