What's the Best Fly Tying Vise? --Regal Review
Words By: North 40 Outfitters
Posted: January 30, 2012

Regal Vise Review: First View from the Bench
New England-made Regal vises are simple, durable, well made products. It’s amazing how well they work in tying your favorite flies and holding a variety of hooks. When I started working at the shop, I got to tie on all different kinds of vises. After getting in a Regal Medallion with the swivel insert, I was hooked!

We've got the Regal Vise and other options online here.

  • I believe the Medallion to be the best vise for central Montana tiers, tying bugs for freestone creeks and tail water madness!
  • At the base of the head/jaws is a swivel point so you can rotate the vise 360 degrees... and for me having that feature really made a difference in the way my JJs came out.

by Erik Haugen

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Regal Vise Review: Second View from the Bench... errr Table
Regal Engineering knows how to make fly tying vises. Whether you're tying 2/0 streamers which require some good ol-fashion wrenching... or more delicate #20 emergers, this vise does it all. The Regal Medallion is a vise which covers all the grounds required to tie mostly any pattern you need to here in the northwest for a variety of species including steelhead flies.

  • This vise incorporates a semi rotary with either c-clamps or a base. The jaws on this vise are tough and snug and stay that way for as long as I've had mine.
  • The spring stays tight for decades, the base has five separate compartments for bead and hook storage... you'll still probably have a messy bench, but there will be less of an excuse.

by Paul Bloch

If you need more materials to fill those regal compartments, we've got a whole host online here.

Plus, you can take this vise on the road with you. If you are looking for a long lasting, proven vise for under $200, the Regal Medallion will get the job done right. Knock off vises which look similar might work for the time being, but the Medallion will most likely outlast you and will probably make it a good way through your grand kids... we don't know yet--the study is still out...

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