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Vices, Flies, Fly Boxes & Dressings
Snowbee - Waldron Vice
Lawrence Waldron is recognised world-wide as one of the premiere designers of fly tying vices. His name is legendary amongst international fly tiers and his vices have a classic simplicity of design, which sets them apart from their peers.
A conversation at the 2004 British Fly Fair sowed the seed of what was to become a “dream team” co-operation; Waldron design - Snowbee manufacture. The Snowbee-Waldron Vice offers the advanced fly tier faultless engineering precision coupled with a silky smooth operation. Its appeal is its simplicity.
Superbly CNC engineered to tolerances of less than 0.01mm using 303 grade Stainless Steel, aluminium and CR12 tool steel for the jaws, hardened to Rockwell C 58. The main head axle runs on two sealed stainless steel ball-race bearings. Tension for the 360° rotating head is by means of a tension screw at the rear, operating on two delrin washers. The vice jaws are joined to the main head by means of a simple link-arm. Two Allen screws allow setting up of the jaws for total rotational symmetry about the centre line, irrespective of the hook gape. The precision jaws feature two precisely milled grooves to allow different sized hooks to be held securely - from as small as #28’s right up to large single Salmon irons and the largest saltwater fly hooks available. All Vices come with a purpose designed carrying bag, Allen key adjuster tools, full instructions and a 5yr Manufacturers Warranty.
19080-C Snowbee-Waldron Vice Clamp model
19083 Sight Board & Bobbin Cradle
An ingenious double pivot and stem system supports both a sight board and bobbin cradle, allowing totally independent movement of each component. The sight board can be rotated around the vice jaws, allowing for left or right hand positioning, and the bobbin cradle through almost 360°, or can be folded away behind the head, when not required. A unique cradle head features a traditional “V” groove one end to drop a tying thread into, but also has a second groove fitted with 2 rubber “O” rings. This allows thread to be locked in place, cut and dubbed, separate to the main bobbin thread.
Tube Fly Attachments
The Integral Tube-fly Attachment simply replaces the standard vice head, converting the vice to a precision Tube Fly model. The central tube pin locks in place by means of a small screw and compression is then applied to the tube by means of the reverse threaded ‘Cone’ head and locking collar. The cone head features a fine parallel tip, which allows the tube to be held in position with the silicone sleeve already in place, making it the perfect choice for professional tube-fly dressers. A Universal version of the Tube Fly Attachment is also available, which can be clamped into any conventional vice jaw. Both Tube Fly Attachments come with 2 different pin sizes to cater for different sized tubes.
Fly-Mate Vices
The Danish design of this premium range of Fly Tying Vices, is second to none and they represent excellent value for money, when you compare the quality and features, with other vices on the market. Superbly engineered from high quality steel and aircraft aluminium, the jaws are made from high alloy tool steel, which has been specially hardened. The Fly-Mate Vices feature a rotational facility which, combined with the cranked jaws shaft, ensures that when rotated, the shank of the hook turns around its own axis. Parallel clamping of the hook, by means of the 2 jaw clamp screws, ensures secure grip of any hook size from #24 to 8/0. The jaws come with a 5 year warranty.
Available in either desk Clamp style or Pedestal models, an optional extra is a patented ball joint on the vice shaft. This gives movement in all planes, which coupled with the 360° rotation facility, allows viewing of the fly from all angles, during tying. This facility can be particularly useful, when tying very small dry flies, or when using Epoxy resin, for Buzzers, or Saltwater flies. The ball joint allows unlimited movement, so the Epoxy can be accurately “run” into the required shape, while it sets.
New Fly Selections
Our new 2010 range of Fly Selections offers superb quality, coupled with excellent value for money. A unique range of carded selections, largely designed and compiled from popular modern day patterns and competition fishing by our own Simon Kidd, in conjunction with World Fly Fishing Champion Iain Barr, plus some great saltwater and predator patterns from Russ Symons.
Our new range of fly selections, attempts to cover every fly fishing
application you’ll encounter anywhere in the world. Each selection
contains flies which have been chosen, tried and tested, on a wide
variety of waters, by some of the top names in fly fishing. You can
fish these patterns with confidence, secure in the knowledge that
they are everything you would expect from Snowbee – top quality
flies, correctly tied with ideal proportions, on the best hooks we can
find and using the latest materials available today.
Snowbee River Flies
There is a compact assortment of river patterns for both Dry Fly and Nymph fishing, plus combinations of both. Again
we have tried to provide an assortment of sizes, weights and patterns to make each card as versatile as possible. There are flies for Trout and
Grayling especially and there are the old favourites of Mayfly, Pheasant Tails and Olives in various stages of the life cycle.
Stillwater Nymphs and Lures
These flies range from the very natural, with optimum presentation
in mind, to the extremely simple and wildly successful, modern flies of today. We have provided plenty of choice for both large and small still waters, both with and without added weight for optimum movement and that ‘magic’ appeal that fish just cannot resist. Flies that one dare not leave home without!
Salmon & Sea Trout
Each selectio has a range of uncomplicated, modern patterns in popular colours and designs, with the singles tied on traditional black irons and the doubles on Nickel Silver Salar hooks. The Sea Trout patterns need no introduction either, a simple select range of the most popular traditional Sea Trout Patterns... each having a habit of going ‘bump’ in the night!
Saltwater/Predator Selections
Our Saltwater/Predator selections continue to offer both the destination fisher and those ‘fishing the salt’ nearer to home, great patterns to tempt any predatory fish from bonefish and tarpon to bass and pollack. Be ready to hang on as our predator patterns, tied from traditional and modern synthetics for the lightest of casting, might just be about to catch more than you bargained for!
Fly Boxes
Waterproof Fly Box
Waterproof Fly Box
Our new Double Sided Fly Box has a rubber seal all around, making it 100% waterproof and ideal for saltwater fly fishing. Fitted with slit foam fly holders both sides, the depth of the lids give ample room for large saltwater flies. The clear lids allow you to see the flies inside.
Colour: Black with Clear Lids
Sizes:
Medium 5"x4"x1.75"
Large 6"x4"x1.75"
New Aluminium Tube Fly Boxes
This new design is exclusive to Snowbee and set to revolutionise
tube fly storage. With the vast array of different tubes these days, ranging from heavy copper tubes, right down to the smallest lightweight bottle tubes, the problem has always been to find a tube-fly box which will cope with all the different tube-liner diameters.
The new Snowbee boxes solve this problem in an innovative
way. Traditional Tube ‘pins’ are replaced with ‘spring pins’, which
adjust to fit and grip any size of tube fly, holding them firm.
The unique ‘card-index’ type system, allows numerous tubes to
be laid over the top of one another with each row able to be
‘flipped over’ to reveal the next row.
Available in two sizes, the smaller model holds 12 tubes, the
larger 33 tubes. Flat foam in the lid provides additional storage
for trebles, Waddington’s or traditional flies.
Aluminium Fly Boxes
Our quality Aluminium Fly Boxes are constructed from crush proof aluminium alloy, with a classic satin, brushed aluminium finish. Available in two sizes, with a choice of flat/ripple foam, or a combination of flat foam and spring loaded compartments to suit all wet/dry fly requirements. This popular range has been further improved, with a new design of interior compartments and improved latch mechanism.
Saltwater Fy Wallets
Saltwater Fly Wallets
Our new Fly Wallets offer the serious saltwater fly fisherman huge storage capacity for large saltwater flies. Each Wallet holds 12 Self-seal bags, each capable of holding 10-20 large saltwater flies. That’s over 200 flies, enough for an entire trip, in just one wallet! Imagine how many conventional fly boxes you would need for that! These sets of bags are removable, so you can keep spare sets, pre-filled with flies for different species. On the front of the wallets is a mesh pocket for tools, leaders etc. There is a belt loop to carry on the waist, or a clip to attach to any convenient D-ring.
Colour: Navy Blue / Black
Super-Light Foam Fly Boxes
These one-piece injection moulded foam boxes are probably the lightest fly boxes in the world! This unique construction incorporates the body of the box, the inner ripple foam AND the hinge - all in one, with tiny magnetic closures. If you run them over with the car, they spring back into shape and if you drop them in the water they float. These are the answer if you really want to travel light.
Fly and Line Dressings
ESFF Snowbee Fly Float
This silicon based floatant completely insulates the fly fibres from water, keeping the fly high and dry, once applied. Best applied over all the dressing before fly is wet, to prevent any moisture being trapped beneath. Similarly, after fly has caught fish, or after repeated drenching in rough water, thoroughly dry the fly and reapply as necessary.
SLSK Snowbee Line Slick
A silicon based fly line lubricant, which reduces friction and resistance through the rings, allowing faster line speed at all times. When kept fully coated, it helps protect fly lines from damage and the effects of any harmful chemicals. Incorporates a plasticiser, which helps restore old or cracked fly lines. Can also serve as a fly reel lubricant if required.
SFLD Snowbee Fly-Line Degreaser
We have all suffered from those Intermediate or Sinking Fly Lines that “hang” in the surface film. This is generally due to silicones used in fly line production, leaching though to the surface. Our degreaser is the only known silicone solvent, which effectively removes all traces of silicone or grease from the fly line, allowing it to cut quickly through the surface film and fish as it was designed to do.
SSIT Snowbee Sink-It
This almost clear, unique new formula liquid is hydrophilic and unlike most dressings actually attracts water. This means that when in the surface film the normal surface tension created by water resistant materials is much reduced. When applied to even the lightest of leaders, Sink-It will help immerse them and help them become less visible. Ideal for use when dry fly fishing and for the first time, no need for unsightly fullers earth on your most delicate of presentations. Simply add a thin layer evenly, to thoroughly coat the leader before fishing and then clean off all excess with a clean cloth until all visible material has been removed. This will then have applied an invisible hydrophilic coating, which absorbs water in the surface film. Reapply and clean as necessary to constantly help reduce leader visibility on the water surface.
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