Wes, in answer to your question about resting your hand on the vise as you
tie..depending on the style of vise, you can do it. This is why you will
want to tie a fly or two on a similar vise if you can, just to test it out.
Some vises have too much room for the size hand you have, others too little.
I use this feature all the time on my Nor-vise, but found that it was not as
easy on my Traveler and doable on the Danvise. Best thing is to actually tie
a fly or two before sprining for a particular type of vise.
May I also suggest, that those who have rotary vises but find they don't
use the features often, spend a week tying flies where you deliberately and
with thought ask yourself with each step, how can I use the rotary feather
to make this go faster or better and use that feature. If you do this, you
will quickly discover many neat and time saving things you can do with your
vise. But, as with any new procedure, you need to do it to learn it and make
it come second nature. They say in medicine that you must use a new
procedure at least 100 times to become comfortable with it, that this is the
normal learning curve. I'm thinking that the same holds true of the rotary
feature in tying flies..perhaps you'll love it in 100 flies..I did. Joyce
