Griffin Montana Mongoose vs. DynaKing Trekker

[M. Wood]

I’ve tied on a griffin patriot vise and really liked it (an under-rated vise in my opinion) I’m looking for an new vise and my two options I have narrowed it down to are the griffin Montana Mongoose or the Dyna King Trekker.

[Neal Osborn]

M Wood,

I do all my fly tying on a Dyna King Trekker.  Wouldn’t trade it for the world.  The customer service is awesome.  Vises are a personal thing and opinions are all over on the topic.  For the money, the Trekker is a great vise.  Check out Fly Art or any of my previous tutorials here; all were done on a Trekker.  I have both sets of jaws (standard and midge) and tie huge saltwater flies as well as small midges and anything in between.  

I really want a new sexier vise, one with a bigger presence.  However, I keep coming back to my faithful workhorse Trekker.  Haven’t really found the spark to trade up despite the urge.

[Rich Kovars]

I’ve got no complaints with the Mongoose either.

[Abe Mathews]

Not really a fair comparison, but I had narrowed my first vise choice down to the Mongoose or PEAK and I went with PEAK.

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