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| I will admit, I am not new to the sport, but I am new to tinkering with baits (and love it). I am replacing split rings and attaching new hooks on several of my baits. Is there a tool that you use to attach the split rings? I have not played with them yet, but just looking at them I am trying to figure out the best way to open them and get them on. I don't mind buying a tool for a few bucks if it makes life easier.
Thanks!
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Location: lake x...where the hell is it? | split ring pliers, but DONT get cheap ones. lots of diffrent ones, i have been useing rapala ones for 3 years now. when useing them take care not to pull the ring cuz that can make a gap.
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Location: Michigan | Buy them one time, and buy the best. I have 5 pair around because nothing else works like these. THe orange hanle work good on smaller rings like #5's and ok o 7's, but the greens work best on 7's or larger.
http://www.texastackle.com/pliers.htm
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Location: Land of the Musky | 2nd on DO NOT GO CHEAP.. I got a $1.99 pair and got exactly $1.99 out of them. Got a $20 pair and still use them today 6 years later. The Tyrant pliers are good for rings and hooks:
http://www.tyranttackleinc.com/pages/tyrant-fishing-tools.php
Good price too.
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Location: Hayward, WI | I'm very rarely one to tell somebody to go cheap on things... Saying that, I bought a pair at Wal-Mart for probably $5. I've had them for probably three years and they stll work fine, like they did when new. I'm not a bait maker who puts on thousands of rings/hooks a week. I'm just a musky fisherman than generally replaces hooks after I cut them from a fish or maybe on a bait I want to change the hooks out on.
I would say if it isn't a problem, go ahead and get a better pair like the guys above are talking about. So far, I have been pretty lucky with mine though.
This might be a silly question, but what actually goes wrong with split ring pliers? It doesn't seem like they are under very much stress, but guys always talk about the cheap ones breaking. I don't doubt it, but I always wonder what actually breaks.
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| You can build your own also if you have an old pair of needle nose pliers sitting around:
http://muskie.outdoorsfirst.com/board/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=58...
I've used my homemade ones quite a bit with zero problems.
As stated by previous posts: Under no circumstances should you expect to get any use out of the cheap stamped steel split ring pliers - heavy split rings will bend them in an instant. However, I saw the cheap models that Curleytail refers to, and actually they looked reasonably stout and at a good price - these have a lot more heft to them than a flat piece of stamped steel. |
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