55 on the fly

What's your bench look like? This is mine right now, it's been worse... What's for lunch today? Leftover chicken, onions and brussel sprouts done up in the old #8 Blacklock skillet. Note the skillet cover... I needed one and picked up this nice old no-name 1950-60ish heavy cast aluminum lid for $1.99 works great ...

I just recently bought a new set of Jvice Pro-jaws with the Salmon Head and Goose Neck the other day. The new head design and tension adjustment is machined from white Ertalyte.  It's more stream line than the original head and it looks good too... But the proofs in the pudding, right?  So the last few days I've been just playing around tying some flies and enjoying this new vise and the pro-jaws.   these Pro-jaws will be great for tying smaller fly sizes... Here's a close up of the Pro-jaws and the Salmon Head. If your looking to upgrade your current fly tying vise and want the very best available today. IMHO y ou can't go wrong with a Jvice, they are top quality and precision made.  I've tied well over 20,000 flies on my Original Goose Neck Jvice with the standard jaws without a single failure or problem of any kind.  Jay also stands behind everything they make and you won't find better customer service if you ever do have a problem.   ...

Folks, summer is breaking out all over the place and as I hurry to finish up the few remaining flies for PFS, I was asked for a picture... Photo for Walter Wiese's new book... Walter Wiese our head guide at Parks Fly Shop in Gardiner, MT asked me to provide a black and white photo of myself at my fly tying desk for his new book that will be coming out very soon.  The book has several of my original fly designs included as-well-as a short bio and photo of each fly tier featured.  It should be a great book.  I'll be sure to let you know when it will be available, stay tuned! the black and white version...