Vice choices

[oldfox]

I have been thinking about getting back into fly/jig tying. I have been looking at a few vices. Boy, they sure have changed over the years, since I have tied. The ones I have looked at that looked good to me are the following:

Griffin Odyssey Vise With Cam-Lock Jaws
Regal Traveler Series Vise
Peak Rotary Fly-Tying Vise
Renzetti Cam Series Traveler Vise

I would appreciate all of your help here on the forum as to the pros and cons of these.
I look forward to your replies.....

Thanks

[PBUG2009]

the renzetti and you set for life!! are you looking to take these with you and tie on the lake or stream side? I see 2 of them are traveling vises......Myself Id go with the griffin, or the peak...

[oldfox]

the renzetti and you set for life!! are you looking to take these with you and tie on the lake or stream side? I see 2 of them are traveling vises......Myself Id go with the griffin, or the peak...

Just tying for my own use PBUG. I want to be able to sit in my "easy" chair and tie...that why I was considering the traveling types.. Thanks for the reply..

[fish_4_all]

Best advice I can give is get a rotary vise whatever you decide. I got a Terra rotary vise and it works great but could be better. Hook grip is sometimes hard to get solid but that could be user error also.

[Fatman]

Griffin I've never tied on but make sure it's the true cam jaw model - alot of guys on the fly tying boards have the older ones with the screw adjustment and they spend more time adjusting it to tie when they switch hooks, Regal with the hassles if you chip the jaws because you didn't follow the directions explicitly and even if you do you still pay to fix them, the Renzetti I would never own (even if you tried to give me one) after the crap they pulled with the "Bent arm design" lawsuit.

I enjoyed tying on the Peak but I'd already bought a Dyna-King Kingfisher - check with Skip at Thump it jigs he sells them and could set you up with one.

Fatman

[skeetbum]

Renzetti, Peak, Atlas Anvil(Anvil Atlas?), Griffins also have a good following. I've handled a bunch of them, and got a price on a Renzetti Traveler, old style without the cam and love it. My best advice to you is to not be afraid to spend a few bucks outside your initial budget as good tools last virtually forever, and handle many before you buy. The peak is a good machine and reasonably priced. 1Perchjerker might have a good used one lying around, send him a PM. He was very good to me. Glad to see you picking up the bobbin again, we need more folks out here. Welcome.

[oldfox]

Thank you all for your advice..

[revtoby]

i tie on a Griffen spider vise every day. .not a lick of trouble..I love it,, i tie salt and fresh

[HARLEYBOY]

Peak Rotary , Talk to Skip, great vise