I'll back you guys up on this one as well, I love my Regal! I picked one up about three months ago, and since then have tied over 150 flies with it, according to my fly log. It's a commercial tiers dream. I bought the midge head, and I use it on any fly smaller than a size 4 salmon hook (which won't fit into the midge head). Very quick and easy to use! Pop the hook in, tie the fly, pop the fly out. Highly recommended.
Ryan Davey MSN GSC Calling Fly Fishing a hobby is like calling Brain Surgery a job. - Paul Schullery -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Allen Peterson Sent: Sunday, January 12, 2003 11:19 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: New Vise Ken, Been using my Regal now for about 15 years and it does exactly what I have come to expect it to do...hold the hook without a lot of bells and whistles. I bought the extra midge jaw along with it to tie down to 22's and 24's, but I have to admit I need to use a lense there. Tea Dorin, who ownes Regal, is great to do business with and stands behind his product 100%. In fact, my vise has some of the paint worn off it from the years of usage. It's a clamp model and one of the nice things is that the clamp has a 5" clearance to grab the side of a 2X4 of a picnic table...great to have when camping. The pedestal model has 5 lbs of bronze for the base. They're not really interchangable, although the stems are similar at 3/8" but the heights are dirrerent. Good luck! Al Peterson ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: "Dell Coppock" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sun, 12 Jan 2003 22:43:57 -0800 >Don't let the people at Regal hear that you mash barbs with the vice, they >warn against that, but go ahead I've been using mine like that for 15 yrs. >and haven't chipped it yet. >Dell >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Wyatt Thaler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Sunday, January 12, 2003 10:33 PM >Subject: Re: New Vise > > >> I bought a Regal a few months back. Its a great vise, very simple and >easy >> to use. I've used it with hooks from #1/0 to #20, it holds all hooks >> equally well. Its also great for pinching down the barbs on hooks. Next >> time you are at a shop look play around with a regal. >> WT >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >From: Ken Shipley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >Subject: New Vise >> >Date: Sun, 12 Jan 2003 22:20:01 -0800 (PST) >> > >> >Jan 1, I quit smoking cigarettes, so I'm in the market >> >for a new vice. But, I'll settle for a new vise. >> > >> >Does anyone know if anybody locally carries HMH and/or >> >Griffin vises. I'd like to look at one up close >> >before I make up my mind about which model to buy. >> > >> >Also, if anybody has any suggestions, I'd be happy to >> >hear those too. >> > >> >I'm looking for a standard, non-inline-rotary model in >> >the $100-$200 price range. Right now I've got a 3 or >> >4 year old Renzetti Traveler. It's the old screw-lock >> >model. The hook-holding functionality is just fine. >> >I have zero problems with that. It's the rest of the >> >vise I've grown tired of. I can't get the rotory >> >piece to tighten up properly. >> > >> >In later models, they added a screw lock at the top of >> >the stem where the arm rotates. This locks the arm in >> >place. However, my model doesn't have this feature, >> >so to tightening down the rotation is done with a >> >screw and a nylon bushing at the end of the arm. >> >Doesn't work very well. The arm is either too loose >> >so the arm moves when it should be locked, or so tight >> >that I can't get it loose when I want to. I'm >> >constantly fiddling with it. >> > >> >After tying on a true rotary for a few years, I've >> >found that I don't use that feature very much. It's >> >great for floss-body flies, but you can only tie so >> >many of those. I would imagine that if you tie a lot >> >of big-ol' steelhead or salmon flies it would come in >> >handy for wrapping dubbing. But on a #14 EHC, a half >> >dozen wraps up the shank takes less time than >> >unlocking the vise arm. >> > >> >So, what I'm looking for is a standard vise with 360 >> >rotation and an angle adjustment. >> > >> >I tie trout flies almost exclusively. 75% are in the >> >10-18 range. I'll tie some size 6 stimlulators and #4 >> >wooley buggers as well as the occasional sub-20 BWO. >> >But, for the most part, everything is pretty much >> >standard size. >> > >> >Dyna King makes about 4 models in my price range, and >> >I may end up getting one of those. However, I would >> >sure like to look at the HMH Spartan. From what I've >> >read it is exactly what I'm looking for. I'd also >> >like to look at the Griffin Patriot. From pictures, >> >it looks like it has a simlar jaw structure as my >> >Renzetti. As I mentioned above, I like the jaws on >> >the vise I have now. >> > >> >If anyone has any recommendations or caveats, I'd love >> >to hear them. >> > >> >Thanks, >> >--ken >> > >> >__________________________________________________ >> >Do you Yahoo!? >> >Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. >> >http://mailplus.yahoo.com >> >> >> _________________________________________________________________ >> The new MSN 8 is here: Try it free* for 2 months >> http://join.msn.com/?page=dept/dialup >> >> > > >
