My vice is my vise. I spend a lot of time (especially during the football season and the winter months) behind my fly tying vise. When I first started tying, I bought the cheapest vise setup that came ...
TRUE 360° ROTATION - The Blackfoot fly tying vise rotates 360° around a single axis point. Adjustability Knobs allow you to change the tension of the rotation. From rock solid to near frictionless.
There’s no official fly-tying season, but if there was it would be in the depths of winter. The image of a fly tier hunched over their fly-tying vise on a cold winter’s night is about as romantic as ...
With opening day of salmon fishing coming fast and the prospect of plenty of open water to greet the season, my buddies and I figured it was time to dig out the vises and start tying up plenty of ...
Back in October, I was a guest on the Internet podcast “Bugs and Beards,” hosted by local anglers Shawn Holsinger and Ray Smith. This podcast features discussions about fly-fishing and fly tying, and ...
The patter of soft conversation drifted around the table. Scissors snipped. Thread was wrapped. Deer hair was cut and stacked. It was another subzero night in Duluth, but beneath the poster-sized ...
FORT LEWIS — Spc. Bret DiFrancesco’s big fingers froze in place and he looked toward his veteran instructor. DiFrancesco wasn’t firing a rifle or working on infantry skills. He was trying to figure ...
It's a deep breath shy of 7:35 p.m. on a Thursday at Schroeder's Bar & Grill in St. Paul, and Andy Fiskness has already settled in behind his fly-tying vise in the establishment's dimly lit upstairs ...