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22-09-18, 10:31 AM | #1571 |
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Re: The All new Reeder Megathread
i have contacted the seller to ask where to send the item. the item was a fly tying vice that was £60 and no outer sealed box so they will be able to sell it on.
i went out last sunday to the fishing megastore in edin to get a few bits and bobs and while there i had a good look/feel of the vices on offer, they were all what i would class as "poser tools" they look nice but in reality not really that well made for tying flies and not what i wanted.. that includes vices at £500+ i have three choices for a new vice. cave in and spend the £400 odd on a nor-vise system (which still is not ideal) or go down the workshop and make one or keep using the POS i have at the moment. |
22-09-18, 10:38 AM | #1572 |
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Re: The All new Reeder Megathread
Workshop it is then. You know you like making stuff anyway, just a small matter of finding the time.
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22-09-18, 10:48 AM | #1573 |
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Re: The All new Reeder Megathread
yup its the time that bothers me.
in reality the nor-vise is ideal but its the jaws that need modifying but i could live with it no problem. out of the whole thing its the jaws that are the hard part to make. |
22-09-18, 11:00 AM | #1574 |
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Re: The All new Reeder Megathread
Real flyers don't need a vice
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22-09-18, 02:36 PM | #1575 |
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Re: The All new Reeder Megathread
Perhaps you just identified a gap in the market
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22-09-18, 09:14 PM | #1576 |
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Re: The All new Reeder Megathread
there is a gap but the market is full of snobbery.
it could be the worst vice out there but if costs a fortune then it must be good... then you have the yanks that wont buy anything unless its made in yankiland. its pretty much the fly fishing scene in recent years. they go out and buy all the top gear costing thousands just to be part of a group and much the same thing as the biking community these days. |
23-09-18, 05:54 AM | #1577 | |
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Re: The All new Reeder Megathread
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These are the guys who don't say good morning or hi when I see them out on their bikes, they've never raced properly, and wouldn't join a club just their own little Strava chasing group.
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23-09-18, 06:45 AM | #1578 |
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Re: The All new Reeder Megathread
There's a certain amount of that in running too, although for some reason a it's not so evident amongst trail runners and particularly absent in the canicross scene.
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23-09-18, 06:52 AM | #1579 |
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Re: The All new Reeder Megathread
Photography too. I catch myself looking at which model of Canon or Nikon is hanging round someone's neck but then I'm not that fussed about having the best of everything as long as I'm enjoying it. You do see people with 5D4's and L lenses taking mundane snaps and you do wonder why spend thousands to do that when a reasonable compact would work just as well.
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