Hi, everyone-
I just tied another dozen epeorus nymphs on my Griffin Odyssey and have had it with the cramped hand syndrome... This isn't to say that griffin makes a shoddy product, just that I'm an ogre-boy who needs more room than most in the barb-end of a fly. For those who know what I mean by these, I wear a size
11.5 latex glove for the lab, and when my fingers are naturally stretched out, I can play an octave and a raised-fifth on a traditional 88-key piano... ok, odd ways of presenting it, but suffice it to say that I'm bigfoot's counterpart - bigHAND! What that tangent means is I need suggestions for vises with extra room around them.
I've been looking around at vises, and the most important factors (as of now) are:
Price has to be below 250 dollars, but prefer <200. (I'm saving up more and more, but the LAW and similar vises are out... for now... unless someone has suggestions of how to sweet-talk my wife...)
Hand Room around the jaws
Preferably a midge jaw available, or a "standard" jaw that holds down to size 24.
Rotation
I've been looking at the HMH Standard and Spartan, and have been wondering what the difference is to warrant an $80 USD price difference. Anyone? Are these decent for the price? Also, they claim to be rotary - how do they achieve this with a rear-cinch cam? Just curious, is all, but I'd love experiences and suggestions. I have a while before I can build my tying fund up to that range, but have been getting frustrated with this Griffin - and what's the fun of that? The "cheapy" regal-wanna-be vise I have came with magnum-sized jaws, perfect for size 8 and up... but I can't use it for 24's or the like without risking the hook shooting across the room from what seems like an over-tightened cam (I'm serious, it really did fly across the room!) In any event, does anyone have suggestions in the realm of vises, in particular HMH? I can tie speys in my hand, but when it comes to anything smaller than 16, forget it.
Thanks a ton, and tight lines,
Pete
