new to fly tying help?

[castafly]

Would you guys and gals recommend a Danvise??

any advice would be great thanks Greg

[jhicks]

I have the Danvise rotary vise. Yes they advertise it as being the only truly rotary vise under a hundred dollars. Well, yes but really? I wish that I had broken down and just taken the lashing from my wife and bought a Dyna King or Renzetti from the get go. I know they are much more expensive but take it from me. I tye on a Dan Vise now and will have to for several more years because if I by another vise my wife will do unspeakable things to me.

[wb man]

A lot of guys use them for sure, but for a little bit more money you can get a much nicer vise. The Dan is a little big for my taste, and made out of a plastic/graphite (or something similar which makes me leery) with steel jaws. If compactness, features and function are what you need along with an inexpensive tag, look at the Griffin Odyssey. At $150 I don't think there is anything that compares. A true rotary with 2 material clips, bobbin rest and the set screw also works as a bobbin rest, machined parts, cam jaws and the whole thing will break down and fit in your pocket. After tying 20K flies on mine for 3 years the set screw broke. I contacted them about purchasing another and they said even though I was a "professional tyer" and used it that much it shouldn't have broke so they sent me one at no charge OVERNIGHT, and when I received it there were three in the package and nice note saying since I was a pro tyer they were sending a couple extras just in case because they didn't want me to have to go without tying if it broke again. 4 years later still no problems. You cant beat that kind of service. I will continue to use and buy their products until something goes drastically wrong, but my Odyssey is far nicer than my McKenzie which cost me about $600. Duane

[petegas]

got mine about 6+ years ago. love it. never had an issues with it breaking. even bought a second one 3 years ago to keep in my tying kit for travel. if you are a rank newbie and unsure how much you will be tying you cant beat the price. if you wanna "upgrade" (i've never felt the need to get another vice for the tying i do) later it makes a good travel vise.
my $0.02

[Steamtrain]

petegas makes a good point
tie first, spend later
you may not actually tie flies as much as you want or you may not enjoy tying flies as much as you think also if you get crazy into tying you will end up with more than one vise

[mtnzone]

what a fly vise does or is supposed to do is hold a fly.. find one you feel comfortable with and no matter what you see others using if you feel comfortable with it then it will be fine...no matter the cost

now that being said.. the vice companies I think are decent for every day use..
Dyna king, hmh, regal, and a few others.. I try to stay away from the ones that toute all the extra bells and whistles....it just seems that they are trying to mask their inadaquate vise with all the fluff or you paying form items that you may never use.......

If it holds a fly well its good...try and stay away from vises that have alot of threads...or movable parts as these are the ones that will eventually drive you nuts..... look at vises that "pros" ( good tyers) use.. very simple, but if they use a rotary it is one with a fantastic rotation housing area..

hope it helps

[Birddogtwo]

Greg
Come to the tying get together in Feb. There are sure to be a variety of vices there for you to try.
Dave

[castafly]

Hey Dave I will. That sounds great. Could you let me know where I can get the date and location? Thank you again for all the help Greg

[SaltH2oFly]

Yes Greg - head to Dave's house. I'll bring a Griffin rottary that I have for sale that you can try, and there will be lots of Renzetti's there...we can definately help you out.