Hi Slick Willy (William Sutton) and two others escaped from Holmesburg Prison, Willy was caught, Frederick J Tenuto has never been caught to my knowledge and the other guy was shot and killed a few blocks from the prison. They were the only people ever to escape from Holmesburg. They have some documentaries on that escape Ron C Ruskin FL
Hi I have two Danvise left. I have all the others, Renzetti's, Norvise, HMH, Stonfo, Dyna King, Regal, Peak, Wolff as well as a myriad of others. I found over the years that the Danvise is easiest to adjust the jaws for any range of hooks. I see others don't like it, but I do. Use it all day and that is 7 days a week. The others require too much time fooling with them to make an adjustment. So, for me, I like the Danvise and I am sure that it is my problem that I don't like the others as much as the one I am using. Keep up the tying and videos. Ron C Ruskin FL
Don't know if you know how the name ''slick willy'' got started. He was a bank robber in Philadelphia who escaped from Holmesburg Prison in the 40s and was recaptured. When asked why he targeted banks to rob, he replied ''that's where the money is" Ron C Ruskin FL
Great story, I did not knkow any of that. My version of Slick Willy was from my daughter when she was about 7 or 8 years old. We had just arrived at the boat ramp after a great day on the water and some people that had watched us were asking her uncle about the flies we were using. He was explaining that we tie our flies when my daughter jumped into the conversation and explained they are Slick WIlly Flies. It was very surprising because she was normally very shy but the name stuck. Thanks for watching the video and good luck catching, SWF.
Hi Noticed that you are using a Danvise. I taught fly tying a number of years back and bought 10 of them. I have 2 of them now. I also have about 18 other vises. Truth is, I like the Danvise better than any of my other vises. It is the only vise that I can tie on that does not require a lot of adjustments on the jaws. I have seen a lot of bad publicity on this vise, but it is my go to vise. Love using mine and I tie about 5 hours each day. Keep on tying and good luck. Ron C Ruskin FL
My Danvise works for me. I have often considered buying a high end vise but its hard to spend the money while my Danvise is not broken. While I am comfortable, I don't consider myself rich. I need to consider how I spend my dissposable income and in my current situation, I would rather spend more on fishing than on tying tools. I will be tying on my Danvise until it breaks, if it ever does. On that day, I will purchase the vise that makes sense for me then. Thanks for watching and good luck catching, SWF.
I never use stainless hooks on flies for fresh water. If it happens to break off in a fish’s mouth it’s there for a long time. Regular hooks will eventually rust and fall out. Mashing the barb would help. Nice clouser pattern though. Just my thoughts.
I see your point and will probably reconsider my approach. Before moving to Sweden 90% of my fishing was saltwaterr and ocasionally I would fish for Largemouth or Peackock Bass in South Florida. Now I spend a fair amount of time chasing Pike and Trout. I never use stainless on my trout flies but I should probably stay away from stainless hooks for the Pike. Thanks for the tip. SWF
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Slick Willy (William Sutton) and two others escaped from Holmesburg Prison, Willy was caught, Frederick J Tenuto has never been caught to my knowledge and the other guy was shot and killed a few blocks from the prison. They were the only people ever to escape from Holmesburg. They have some documentaries on that escape
Ron C
Ruskin FL
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I have two Danvise left. I have all the others, Renzetti's, Norvise, HMH, Stonfo, Dyna King, Regal, Peak, Wolff as well as a myriad of others. I found over the years that the Danvise is easiest to adjust the jaws for any range of hooks. I see others don't like it, but I do. Use it all day and that is 7 days a week. The others require too much time fooling with them to make an adjustment.
So, for me, I like the Danvise and I am sure that it is my problem that I don't like the others as much as the one I am using.
Keep up the tying and videos.
Ron C
Ruskin FL
always enjoy your content...thanks
Nice tie.
Don't know if you know how the name ''slick willy'' got started. He was a bank robber in Philadelphia who escaped from Holmesburg Prison in the 40s and was recaptured. When asked why he targeted banks to rob, he replied ''that's where the money is"
Ron C
Ruskin FL
Great story, I did not knkow any of that. My version of Slick Willy was from my daughter when she was about 7 or 8 years old. We had just arrived at the boat ramp after a great day on the water and some people that had watched us were asking her uncle about the flies we were using. He was explaining that we tie our flies when my daughter jumped into the conversation and explained they are Slick WIlly Flies. It was very surprising because she was normally very shy but the name stuck. Thanks for watching the video and good luck catching, SWF.
Hi
Noticed that you are using a Danvise. I taught fly tying a number of years back and bought 10 of them. I have 2 of them now. I also have about 18 other vises. Truth is, I like the Danvise better than any of my other vises. It is the only vise that I can tie on that does not require a lot of adjustments on the jaws. I have seen a lot of bad publicity on this vise, but it is my go to vise.
Love using mine and I tie about 5 hours each day. Keep on tying and good luck.
Ron C
Ruskin FL
My Danvise works for me. I have often considered buying a high end vise but its hard to spend the money while my Danvise is not broken. While I am comfortable, I don't consider myself rich. I need to consider how I spend my dissposable income and in my current situation, I would rather spend more on fishing than on tying tools. I will be tying on my Danvise until it breaks, if it ever does. On that day, I will purchase the vise that makes sense for me then. Thanks for watching and good luck catching, SWF.
I never use stainless hooks on flies for fresh water. If it happens to break off in a fish’s mouth it’s there for a long time. Regular hooks will eventually rust and fall out. Mashing the barb would help. Nice clouser pattern though. Just my thoughts.
I see your point and will probably reconsider my approach. Before moving to Sweden 90% of my fishing was saltwaterr and ocasionally I would fish for Largemouth or Peackock Bass in South Florida. Now I spend a fair amount of time chasing Pike and Trout. I never use stainless on my trout flies but I should probably stay away from stainless hooks for the Pike. Thanks for the tip. SWF
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I'm glad you like it. It's a killer. I would love to see pictures of fish you catch with it. SWF