Split ring pliers?

[snagged in outlet 3]

2 hours ago, vernon said:

They must have hands and fingers that look like Bronco Nagurski's.

I worked for GM for years and the toughest hands I ever saw were on "Skinners".  Those guys would skin out leather car seats all day.  528 per 8 hour shift.  They would steam the leather to soften them up but it was still a brutal job.  I did it for a while and I kept looking into my gloves to see if my skin peeled off.  The warm moist leather would soften your skin and literally at times it would peel back like a banana peel.

[*T*]

2 hours ago, Ham said:

The oval Rings are harder to deal with.

They are hard to deal with but I've changed out the round ones to oval on many/most of my baits.  Also this is a great test of patience and dexterity.  Often fail at these tests.

[vernon]

18 minutes ago, *T* said:

They are hard to deal with but I've changed out the round ones to oval on many/most of my baits.  Also this is a great test of patience and dexterity.  Often fail at these tests.

To paraphrase Mr. Babler, I guess I'm just not that mad at em'!

[*T*]

Guess I am.

[Champ188]

I guess I'd rather spend my time looking for/catching fish than tinkering with split rings. I've been fishing nearly all of my 56 years, and to my knowledge, I've never had a split ring fail. I will change them if the manufacturer puts on rings that are too big for the line tie. Otherwise, I connect to the ring with a small crosslock-style snap and go fishing. The snap gives you another hinge point to give the bait maximum action.

[moguy1973]

I've had two fail.  One was on an old rusty lure I had and the other was on a Whopper Plopper last summer.  Swung a small 10" or so bass up on the bank and he fell off.  Thinking he just came unpinned I threw him back in the water only to look at my Whopper Plopper and see that the front hook was gone (and still most likely in that poor fish's mouth).

I got my new pliers today and they live up to the hype.  Much easier to use than my other two pair I have.

[Mitch f]

I usually change out the hooks and keep the existing split rings. But I do change out the hooks on almost every lure....call me crazy, but it's about confidence. 

[Champ188]

I do agree on changing hooks except on a few lures that I know come with quality hooks. I will also change the rings on my Ploopers before topwater season. Heard too many bad tales to ignore.

[crazy4fishin]

holy smokes.....spit ring pliers part 2 is out..... 

And the real clincher is who has the manliest hands!!!

C4F

[nomolites]

I remove the split rings from all lure tie eyes and connect with thin cross locks to facilitate easy lure swaps until I find the "secret" for the day.  Especially when running a trolling spread quick lure swaps are critical...but I do the same with JBs and other baits with no negative effect on lure action.  Don't break any off due to a nick in the line from rotation on the split ring either...

Mike