New Toy - Vise

[hartz]

Check out my new toy. This thing is sweet! The old vise I had was part of a packaged beginner fly tying setup and about 5 years old. Tightening the clamp was a pain, it had none of the nice feature this one has and I think it was even a little rusty!

But this Griffen Odyssey w/ cam is awesome! Tied about ten little midges last night and I'm already in love with it.

Anyhow, just wanted to show off my new toy![sly]
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[kochanut]

nice vice. i like the look of the over sized bottle of hooch on the fridge! [cool]
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[hartz]

heh. Yea, I've got a couple growlers up there, One for Gordon Biersch and one for Roosters in UT, a wine bottle of Gnarley Head and a big bottle of bourbon![blush] Those rosy cheeks aren't from being embarassed either...
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[macfly55]

nice setup... []

MacFly
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[flygoddess]

RIGHT ON! That is the vise I push for. It is really nice how the cam is right up next to the jaws out of the way. I have the cam on my Renzetti and many a times I have bumped it and dropped the fly at the worse possible time![mad]

Looks like we have a new member for a future FLY SWAP!

FG
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[Flycasting]

Very nice Jeff! [cool]
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[tubeN2]

That is a cool looking vise. It kind of looks like one of the older sewing machines.[cool]
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[Dryrod]

[center][cool][font "Pristina"][green][size 4]Perhaps a Singer-with or without the foot pumping pedal?[/size][/green][/font][/center]
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[tubeN2]

That is the one I was thinking of. just no foot pedal and nothing to plug in neither.
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[macfly55]

you guys are showing your age... [sly]


MacFly [cool]
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[Dryrod]

[center][font "Pristina"][green][size 4][cool]Would you believe flint & steel to start a fire?[/size][/green][/font][/center]
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[macfly55]

Nope.... unless you were a boy scout out on a jamboree... []

MacFly
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[Dryrod]

[center][cool][font "Pristina"][green][size 4]Duh well yes. In fact I won a badge in a competition for starting a fire in less than 5 seconds. It is all in the making of the tinder.[/size][/green][/font][/center]
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[tubeN2]

I used to carry a bic lighter. I could start a fire in 1 second.[]
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[Dryrod]

[center][cool][font "Pristina"][green][size 4]Now how could a cave man carry a Bic light? Pockets hadn't even been invented.[][/size][/green][/font] [/center]
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[macfly55]

now DR... lets not get into where he might of stored that bic lighter.. this is a family site after all.. [sly]

MacFly
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[macfly55]

its interesting that you mention tinder.. about a month ago I saw a video on break.com that showed that very fine steel wool makes an excellent tinder when trying to start a campfire.. I think they showed it being lit by a bic lighter and by flint sparks..

MacFly
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[Dryrod]

[font "Pristina"][green][size 4][cool]Well actually we made tinder from very fine shredded bark of a tree and burnt cotton material which one charred like charcoal. That material would glow with one strike of a flint & steel which we blow-ed on to start the bark on fire. You had to ask didn't you. BTW I wasn't suggesting that anyone do a body search of you know who.[shocked] Now are we ready to tie some flies to catch some minnows. Oh yea that is why I was looking at that two wt. rod. No use being over prepared. LOL[/size][/green][/font]
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[macfly55]

I dont want to think about his storage area.. so Ill stick with the 2 wt.. .lol.. it would of been nice if you had gotten in but we do have FG to show us all of the pictures of her results on the water.. []


MacFly
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[tubeN2]

No pockets!???

They didn't have pockets on clothing but they did have 2 small pockets on the old Fishmaster Float Tubes. You were able to fit two 12 oz cans of beer in one and a few hooks, weights and a sandwich in the other.[]

As soon as you took a couple of bites from the sandwich then you could pull the lighter out of your "Secret" hiding place and store it in the pocket.[laugh]
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