Vise advice
Veteran tying tips and tricks to help novices create better flies
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#6 TYING TIDBITS
Here are a few final bonus tips to make your time at the vise easier:
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- Invest in very sharp, good-quality scissors.
- For better control, shorten your tying thread (it should rarely be longer than an inch, as shown above).
- Two or three thread wraps will hold most material in place; more than that just adds bulk.
- To avoid bunching at the eye, leave more space than you think you’ll need.