I have had a Standard Regal for many years and like it. When teaching beginner's fly tying classes, the Regal saves a lot of time because no one has to wait for someone to get the jaws adjusted right. Just squeeze, insert hook and release. I have never had it spit a hook.

I agree with Jack on the "reach" of the standard Regal. I noticed that Regal now has a Traveler Regal and I really liked the off-set of the stem which I feel will take care of the "reach" problem. I contacted Regal and asked them if I could just purchase the Traveler stem and they said yes. Needless to say, it should arrive sometime this week.

The material spring is not the greatest, but, overall, the Regal is a quality vise that I would recommend to anyone.