Shop Vac 

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Im thinking, from my experience, its called this because fish so readily suck this thing down its almost like a vacuum.

+Clay Sommerfelt I'd say definitely go with the Medallion pedestal for all around tying. The Travel vise is perfect for the road but the base is a bit small (footprint) and light for daily use particularly with larger patterns.

It's the "Shorty" Rite Bobbin.

tightlinevideo mine broke 😭 so wanted to know yours the black handle slides and it's uncomfortable

+Marcelo Jost If I understand your question correctly, the answer is yes you can and it is a great technique. Matt Grobert does it on our Pumpkin Head Midge video ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-iU3c1mi8Dy4.html. It does mean that you are snipping off the excess pheasant tail fibers at the back end of the fly which some people don't seem to like, but I am fine with. Happy New Year to you too.

+tightlinevideo Yep, except you don't mind the tail fibers here in the Shop Vac and the tying thread never goes all the way to the hook bend tying down the pheasant fibers. As I said, just a fuss :)

+Marcelo Jost Now the question is, on the Shop Vac, with your tying method, would you tie in the pheasant tail fibers behind the bead by their tips? Or by the butts? To me, the taper would look better if tied in by the butts so the tips are at the rear of the fly, but don't know how easy it would be wrap with the tip ends.

+tightlinevideo I would pick fairly long pheasant fibers and, like you, tie them by their butts, but wouldn't cut the tips before tying. In a small fly like this I think this should be enough to provide some fiber length to grip until it's time to secure them with the copper wire at the rear.

+Marcelo Jost I just tried a few Shop Vacs tying in at the bead and wrapping rearward. Interesting, very little difference in terms of final body profile whether I tied the fibers in by the tips or the butts. But, what I didn't like was even with long fibers, they are getting shorter and shorter as you wrap rearward and negotiating them around gets more difficult as you get down into the hook gap and close to the vice jaws. I think I'll stick with the method shown in this video. I know it's a cardinal sin, but when I'm tying these or similar flies for myself, I don't counter wrap the wire. This saves a step or two and I've found no profound difference in terms of durability overall look.

+Nathan Kamm I don't personally, but there a lot of people that do.

+ben brosciul Sure, I imagine it would look pretty good too.

+Clay Sommerfelt I have two Regals at the moment. My primary vise is a Regal Revolution with stainless steel jaws and a platform base. The other is their new Travel Vise with midge jaws which is much smaller and lighter. Both work flawlessly.

+Zane Myers Sure, just about anything white. CDC, after shaft feather, what ever ya got.

+tightlinevideo Thanks

A popsicle stick with a strip of adhesive backed magnet stuck to it.

Thanks. I use tweezers but your idea looks like it may be better.

Yep, same stuff we used in the class.

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It's much easier to remove from your ear...