Rotary Fly Tying Vise - Peak Fishing Vise With C-Clamp Mount

Vise is what I wanted. Works great, but I expected a new vise not a used vise with scratches. I like a new vise.Will be returned.

Just got the vise tonight, and tied half dozen flies on it. Some thoughts so far:- the quality is good, but not excellent. Teeth marks on the shaft. The thumb-screws are plastic and rough. Had to use a wrench to tighten the screw to lock the shaft from rotating freely. Lots of brass shavings fell out of the holes.- in terms of usability, the lever for tightening the jaws is a little awkward. It sits between the jaws and the riser, so it's hard to immediately find it with my left hand without looking. Perhaps a question of getting used to it.- no material clip :( I'll have to make my own.- I rotated the vise towards me and flipped the hook upside down (180deg) to make a polish woven nymph. I had to use the allen wrench to free the riser, then turn it, then tighten with the allen. Awkward -- a thumb screw for the riser would be so much nicer.- I like the clamp, it's bomber. Having two places for the setscrew gives some options in terms of where the vise can go.- The jaws are nice, and I tied flies from #10 to #20 without having to adjust anything. That was great. Debarbing a #20 hook was a bit difficult, as I the gape was almost smaller than the diameter of the jaws themselves.On the overall, I'll keep the vise. It's a bit on the rough side, but I enjoy the rotary functionality and with a few tweaks I'll get used to it.

Solidly built, jaws work well and easily adjusted for hook sizes. This is my first rotary vice, wow how did I live without this feature! There are a couple of options I did not purchase, the brass set screws and extra handle for rotating. The nylon set screw works okay but I can see that where a brass one might be better and last longer. I just so amazed at the rotary feature that I don't really know if the extra handle is necessary but may make certain wraps smoother. I may oder both of these in the future.

This vise is exceeds my expectations. Instructions for setup and use included. I ordered the clamp version and there was an allen wrench for the setscrew to adjust the height. I wanted to lubricate the vise before use, but there was no allen wrench to remove the hook jaws. No matter, I had one in my toolbox. Thescrews for the bobbin holder and the drag on the rotary feature are plastic, but they are adequate for the task, and I believe better than the brass ones made available by Peak because they won't score the metal. The layout to adjust the tension on the rotary feature and actually rotating the fly is well thought out. The cam for the hook jaws is substantial and should never wear out if lubricated regularly. The included bobbin cradle is easily adjustable for height and length, easily rotates out of the way, and is snag free.

...I had to send it back to Peak because the vise shaft would not fit in the clamp holes. Peak promptly serviced it, and it now works fine, but I had to incur a cross country shipping charge to get it done. Love the vise now that it's up and running. Peak needs to improve their QA in order to not let such a defect out the door in the first place.

Love it!!!

Best vice I ever had

Thing is dope. Does everything I need it to and will probably be the only one I'll ever need.