Leland on Dyna-King
California’s Sonoma County is home to beautiful rolling
hills, picturesque vineyards, and a stunning rocky coastline. It’s also
known for its fly tying vises – thanks to Dyna-King! Since 1981,
Dyna-King has been serving the fly tying community with vises of
phenomenal quality and utility. Dyna-King vises set the pace for the
industry and offer superb craftsmanship and unsurpassed holding power.
As a family-owned and operated company with deep roots in the sport of
fly fishing, Dyna-King has positioned itself as the leader in fly tying
vises. Dyna-King offers a complete line of well-designed and finely
constructed fly tying vises; put one on your fly tying desk today.
Dyna-King on Dyna-King
“Dyna-King is family owned and operated. Three generations of
our family work together to ensure that every Dyna-King product is
produced with the greatest attention to quality and precision
craftsmanship. We are located in the community of Cloverdale, at the
northern end California's beautiful Sonoma Wine Country. The nearby
Russian River is home to Salmon, Steelhead, Smallmouth Bass and several
other species of fish.
Ron Abby, the president of Dyna-King, is an avid angler and spends as much time on his favorite waters as business will allow.”
Dyna-King History
“My father was a fly-fisherman. With his help, I caught my
first trout: a seven inch golden, on a McGinty. We were 9000 feet up,
standing in a snow bank at the edge of a pocket lake that drained into
the headwaters of the San Joaquin River. I remember shivering; perhaps
with excitement but also with the coolness of a crisp May morning. It
was 1938, the beginning of my love affair with trout. Eight years
later, my entrepreneurial father moved our family to a mining claim on
a tributary of the pristine Smith River of northern California.
Obtaining a "special use" permit from the United States Forest Service,
our family built and operated the rainbow trout hatchery and farm known
as "Trout Haven". My teen years were spent either working with the
trout or fishing for them on the Smith and its feeder streams. Fishing
as often as time and resources allowed, the years passed more quickly
than I could have imagined. My rapture with trout continued. In 1975 I
met a fellow fly fisherman who was renowned as a fly tyer
extraordinaire. Dissatisfied with his tying equipment, he said, "Ron,
why don't you build a good vise? One that will hold a hook!" In 1981 I
presented him with my first production vise. That was the beginning of
Dyna-King®, and that fisherman and fly tyer was Grant F. King.”