Rambling Review: Dyna-King Kingfisher Midge Jaws

I have written in the past about how much I really like my Dyna-King Kingfisher vise. It is a solid American made vise that has held thousands of hooks in its jaws. Getting ready for my San Juan trip last spring, I was tying many flies in the 20-24 inch range and although the #20 hooks were solid, the #22s were shaky and the #24s were a real trick to get tied in the standard jaws.

When I sat down at my tying table a couple of weeks ago, I was looking through my midge box and realized I had some serious work to do if I was going to head back to the San Juan again in the future. I had no desire to fight with the regular size jaws on those super small hooks so I talked with the great folks over at Dyna-King and ordered up their midge jaws for the Kingfisher vise. What a difference…

How to change out the Dyna-King jaws:

The vise is simple to use and the changing of the jaws was intuitive. With the new jaws, I had no trouble with the #24 size hook and I hope I never have to tie anything smaller than that. (It kind of takes the fun out of it…) If you find yourself needing to tie those smaller sized hooks I definitely recommend checking out the midge jaws for your vise. They can be well worth the investment.

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