Of course, a waistcoat does wonders, but simply cannot be worn all of the time due to temperature issues, i.e. - if it's too bloody hot out!
I feel your pain, Kyle. A waistcoat really does wonders in many ways. It eliminates the tie length issue altogether and just looks sharp. But yeah, I'd say there are only a couple of weeks of weather cool enough to wear one down here where I live. It's almost worth moving somewhere else, finding a new job, and making a complete life change just so I can wear tweed jackets and waistcoats more often!

I've taken to having my ties altered to make them work. I started out just having the offending narrow end cut off, but that ended up with too much of the wide end forced into the knot. I have since had them shortened on both the wide and narrow ends so that the knot remains close to it's proper place in the tie while eliminating the problem of of extra length. If you buy your ties at a good price the extra charge for alteration is not too prohibitive. If you know someone who sews, all the cheaper.
I'm eventually going to do this! I just have to take the bold step of cutting open a tie and figuring out how to get it done without it coming out looking like a mess. I'm sure it's not difficult, and once I do it on one tie, I'm going to have to do it on all my ties (which is currently somewhere around 3 dozen). I was figuring only on shortening them from the fat end, though.