Giving up in frustration

kmudgn · Feb 8, 2022

I probably tied 10 million flies on my old Thompson A. I believe I paid less than $ 10 for it maybe 40 years ago. The jaws started to get slack and I bought an HMH standard about 20 years ago and have ties another 10 million flies on that vice. I tried Renzetti but never felt comfortable with the offset orientation of the fly in the vice.
I have never found a lack of "true" rotary to be a problem as I still catch fish from the flies I tie.

Wanative · Feb 8, 2022

Tom Butler said:
Well it took over 45 years, but my tying abilities have outgrown my vice, and the old Thompson B just won't hold a hook at all. I tried a Montana mongoose and a Peak, but went with a regal rotary. Coming UPS, so should be here by end of next week.View attachment 340

That's the model I started on. I still have it .

MoreQuestionsThanAnswers · Feb 10, 2022

I put away my model A after 25 years and went with a Peak about five years ago. It is a way better vice than I am a fly tier, but so was the model A.

the_grube · Apr 16, 2024

Bought a regal rotary about 6mo. ago. Hope you enjoy yours as much as I do mine.

Tom Butler · Apr 17, 2024

the_grube said:
Bought a regal rotary about 6mo. ago. Hope you enjoy yours as much as I do mine.

I do. I really like it, works quite well for the flies I tie. Being two years on I'm sure it's the last one I'll own. No complaints. Other than the fact I still have to take stuff out or off the shelf, set up on the craft table, then put it all away. A place I can set up a fishing gear/ tying area is a criteria in the house shopping were doing.