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| what are your guy's favorite split ring pliers? i have one pair that are rapala pliers but i cant find them anywhere. i think they stopped making the kind i have, real shame if they did cause they are some good pliers. |
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| shimano makes a good one |
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Location: Eau Claire,WI | I use the walmart version.I remove the spring and they are ok.I also have a higher end version I think I got them from from Moores.Those are great if you are doing lots of split rings,otherwise the less expensive one work good enough. |
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Location: Yahara River Chain | Naw none of those. I use the ones from Hawg Seekers. I bought two once I saw one. And at around $15 its a good deal. |
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Location: Maple Grove | Shimano seems to work well for me. |
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Location: Hayward, WI | I think I got my pair at Wal Mart. I guess I don't see the need for these tools to be anything special. As long as they split the ring (have a small wedge at the end of the jaws), they should do the job fine. Not a lot of force is involved with changing rings, so just about any of the pliers would work... I think?
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Location: Musky Tackle Online, MN | Unless you're making baits, I haven't seen a reason to spend money on the higher end ones. I wouldn't suggest one of the cheapos that only cost a couple of bucks. But you should be able to find plenty that'll do the job just fine for under $10.
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| $5 pair from Walmart works great. Laker Tackle makes them, I believe. I use them a LOT, and they are great. |
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| Moore's higher end offering is a great tool. You're dropping less for a tool that will last forever than you would for one good bait. Why scrimp on pennies for one item when you're dropping big bucks on dozens (or hundreds!) of lures? |
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Location: Yahara River Chain | AWH - 4/6/2008 11:01 PM
Unless you're making baits, I haven't seen a reason to spend money on the higher end ones.
Aaron
I've almost given up snaps and use all split rings on all the noses of my baits. I would NEVER be happy using those cheap stamped out split ring pliers. And for $15, it is money well spent. |
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Location: La Crosse, WI | The Xuron split ring pliers are the BEST pliers I have used. I have done 10's of thousands of all sizes (lure manufacturer) and these are by far the best. I have tried tons of styles and none have even came close. The best feature is you can use them on small rings #0 all the way up to the largest musky rings with no problem. I sell them cheaper then stamina by a few dollars and the shipping is much less. I will sell them to fellow members for only $15 with $2.95 shipping. I attached a picture of the pliers. My contact info is below. I accept check, money order, credit card via phone, and I can also paypal invoice.
Josh Eastman
Custom Spinners Unlimited (www.customspinners.com)
PO Box 611
Campbellsport, WI 53010
Phone/Fax 920-533-3579
[email protected]
Edited by SpinningLizard 4/7/2008 11:49 AM
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Location: Yahara River Chain | Yep SpinningLizard thems the kind I was talking about. Great plier and $11 cheaper than the excellent ones Rollies sold a few years ago before they discontinued them. |
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Location: Appleton,WI | I use these for everything,they work great I really recommend these. |
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Location: New London, Wisconsin | Guest - 4/6/2008 7:48 PM
what are your guy's favorite split ring pliers? i have one pair that are rapala pliers but i cant find them anywhere. i think they stopped making the kind i have, real shame if they did cause they are some good pliers.
Fleet Farm has the Rapala split ring pliers for about $8... |
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Location: Freedom, WI | What spinning lizard said, used to like the rapala but xuron blows it away. |
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| i am a split ring guy on my leaders and the ones I like the best are a small black handled pair I got at rollies...I have a couple blue handled pairs, I think those are the shimano's but my favs are the little black pair from rollies...Need to pick up another next time I'm there!
try those.... |
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