Blaino:

Congratulations on finishing school. I've got to say I envy where you ended up. There is a lot of great fishing in that area. May well see you on the water some day.

As far as vises, if your current vise is working fine, and finances are tough, then you have answered your own question. If your old vise is starting to lose its charm, or the jaws aren't holding as well as they used to, then by all means get a rotary vise. What it boils down to is while all vises can achieve the same goal, a rotary vise, especially a true rotary vise, has more versatility than a non-rotary vise. Even if you do not use the feature every fly, some do, some don't, you will have the ability to move beyond what a normal non-rotary vise can do when it suits you.

If you search the archives, you will find an endless number of threads on this. Do some research and make up your mind based on what you can afford. Good luck.