I don't really tie streamside, but will do the picnic table thing during downtime of a camping and fishing trip. I always travel with a pedestal. Some masking tape folded double side with the sticky out will help with the blowing wind. Actually, that is something we teach in our tying classes to help new tyers stay organized.
________________________________ From: Larry Johnson <johns...@uvu.edu> To: VFB Mail <vfb-mail@googlegroups.com> Sent: Mon, August 2, 2010 12:53:30 PM Subject: Re: [VFB] Waterside Tying Wes: When I take my tying equipment and materials with me, I take a couple of big c-clamps, and set up on a camp-ground picnic table. Problem with that is the wind/breezes, which sends everything off the table. I have done some in the motel, but none stream-side. I remember the old video "The Way of a Trout" in which the fisherman sets up his vise and ties a coachman or something and catches the huge trout.... Larry Johnson Springville, Utah >>> "Wes Wada" <wada....@gmail.com> 8/1/2010 9:33 PM >>> How about a discussion on waterside (stream, lake, marine) tying tips? My spouse Linda and I have done a lot of van camping and traveling. Picture us parked at waterside –– waiting for bug hatch time or sheltering a passing storm. I am doing a pretty good amount of tying, sitting behind the van's steering wheel. (Not while driving!) We traveled then with a Thompson A pedestal vise, my first tying vise pressed into road duty. I have built this little plywood platform thingee (have to do a photo). The tying vise clamps onto a crosspiece on the plywood thingee, and the whole arrangement wedges comfortably between my solar plexus area and the slant of the steering wheel. If you think about your specific design and dimensions, you can make yourself a quick, inexpensive vise mount and working area. Yes, the Art of Tying Behind Your Steering Wheel. The little plywood thingee is also the tying station for the top of picnic tables and the table described next: For tying in the interior of the van, I keep much of my tying stuff in the side pockets of one of those high-impact plastic lap tables. If I am sitting on the bed of the van, back against comfy pillows, I can just plop the lap table over me, and set up a tying station in a flash. Love to hear about your tips and experiences for tying waterside. Hope you are having a memorable summer. Wes (and Linda) Wada Bend, Oregon -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com
