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This topic has 21 replies, 10 voices, and was last updated 1 November 2019 at 22:19 by Vic.

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27 October 2019 at 16:44 #31273
Paul Ainsworth
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27 October 2019 at 16:44 #434932
Paul Ainsworth
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Thanks to the help and advice I get off here the vice is finally completed. The only thing I didn't make is the button cap screw, everything else on the clamp and vice is mine apart from the design (copied from existing vice).
27 October 2019 at 17:42 #434946
Nigel Graham 2
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It's lovely! A work of art as well a very functional and practical tool.
27 October 2019 at 17:46 #434950
I.M. OUTAHERE
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Nice work !

Whats the fly you have there ?

I never progressed into fly fishing – too busy flicking lures around , i used to build my own rods on a home made rod lathe but these days it is not worth it .
27 October 2019 at 19:43 #434984
Paul Ainsworth
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The fly is a Classic Salmon fly the name of which escapes me, I'll have to check my books.
27 October 2019 at 20:00 #434987
Old School
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@oldschool
A good looking vice you have made. Vices have come on a long way since my flying days.
27 October 2019 at 20:51 #434999
JohnF
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Posted by Paul Ainsworth on 27/10/2019 19:43:28:

The fly is a Classic Salmon fly the name of which escapes me, I'll have to check my books.

Thunder & Lightening ?

Very nice vice — well one !

Edited By JohnF on 27/10/2019 20:52:15
27 October 2019 at 21:14 #435003
Vic
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@vic
Nice job Paul. There are some very interesting looking Fly Tying vices out there, I particularly like the one I saw that used Damascus steel in its manufacture. I have thought of making one myself a couple of times but I don’t Fly fish!
27 October 2019 at 21:24 #435004
fishy-steve
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Lovely looking vice and fly!

The design looks simular to a LAW vice.

Steve.
28 October 2019 at 08:46 #435024
Paul Ainsworth
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Posted by fishy-steve on 27/10/2019 21:24:54:

Lovely looking vice and fly!

The design looks simular to a LAW vice.

Steve.

It is copied from a LAW vice, sold my LAW a couple of years ago and regretted it. I've also got a LAW anti reverse reel, I need some more skills before trying one of those though.
28 October 2019 at 08:47 #435025
Paul Ainsworth
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JohnF, spot on it's a Thunder and Lightning.
28 October 2019 at 09:09 #435026
roy entwistle
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Are barbed hooks allowed for salmon ?

Roy
28 October 2019 at 10:14 #435029
Paul Ainsworth
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Depends on club rules/local bylaws but generally yes they are. I tie these for display or as tying excercise rather than to fish with.
30 October 2019 at 09:10 #435240
Senior Yates
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Nice work Paul, do you have any drawing available?
30 October 2019 at 10:04 #435247
Neil Wyatt
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Posted by roy entwistle on 28/10/2019 09:09:05:

Are barbed hooks allowed for salmon ?

Roy

Legal in the UK, although not good practice for catch and release and some waters have bans on them.

Neil
30 October 2019 at 12:31 #435261
Vic
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When I used to fish many years ago the local tackle shop had a shark hook about three inches long on display and I would have loved to have seen that made up with some feathers! Purely as a decorative item of course, nicely mounted and framed.
30 October 2019 at 18:50 #435313
Vic
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@vic
What did you make the jaws from Paul and were they hardened?
31 October 2019 at 19:29 #435433
Paul Ainsworth
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Posted by Vic on 30/10/2019 18:50:41:

What did you make the jaws from Paul and were they hardened?

O1 tool steel, hardened, tempered then cold blued.
31 October 2019 at 19:30 #435435
Paul Ainsworth
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Posted by Senior Yates on 30/10/2019 09:10:17:

Nice work Paul, do you have any drawing available?

Not at the moment, I had an original vice to work from.
1 November 2019 at 08:25 #435471
I.M. OUTAHERE
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A lot of lure anglers that fish the top end of Australia crimp the barbs down as it makes release easier but more importantly it makes getting a hook out of your hand easier ! Barramundi have a nasty habit of going bezerk just when you are trying to unhook them and an even more uncanny ability of connecting the angler to the same lure that is still hooked to them !
1 November 2019 at 20:15 #435579
JohnF
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Posted by Vic on 30/10/2019 12:31:59:

When I used to fish many years ago the local tackle shop had a shark hook about three inches long on display and I would have loved to have seen that made up with some feathers! Purely as a decorative item of course, nicely mounted and framed.

Well Vic, here is one on a shark hook originally tied by my Wife some 30+ year ago as a joke for a keeper pal from down country, an ardent fly fisher, who came to fish our river but it was in flood – some 10ft above normal so he was presented with said fly as an example of what locals used "in heavy water " The hook is approx 18in long and 6in gape
1 November 2019 at 22:19 #435602
Vic
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That looks amazing John!
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