A kit can get you started but if you become serious about it you will end up upgrading the vise pretty quickly. That being said my roll around in the box kit is a cabelas AA vise and just basic tools with a pedestal stand that I keep in an old metal mac tools socket set box I found. It is functional and easy to use. You don't need a vise that will set you back a months pay, the expensive vises are nice but I have a Regal style vise that is a knock off that works almost as good as the real thing, but I used the AA style for many years. I know a few older tiers that use nothing but the old AA vises they had when they were young, pretty worn out but they work. As for a kit, if you can get one on sale cheap as long as it has the basics to get you going vise, bobbin, basic materials for fish catching flies, it will get you started and you will find if it is something you want to keep doing. Go to a fly shop they usually have a vise set up and tell them you want to try it out and see if it's something you want to try, they are usually nice and more than helpful about it.
