"Fly" tying vise

[Mr. Sandman]

I am still using a vise I bought for 15 bucks at Merrick Tackle, when I was 15 years old. It has served me well for over 35 years. The reason I like it is that it can open and take a shark hook if I wanted to.

I am not a fly tyer. I tie lots of hooks but don't make a lot of fancy sw flys. I actually buy those. What I need is a vise that can take a big hook...like 7/0+. Mostly I make bucktails and tie bucktail and hackles to 3/0-7/0 siwash styles or 2/0-4/0 trebles for plugs.

What do you pros like? I heard the renzetti(sp?) is good but will that tie a big hook? Oh I need it to clamp on to a bench.

I would have put this over in the fly area but that area seems pretty dead these days.


thanks in advance.
jim