Forceps or Pliers?

[brian harrison]

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I try to be prepared for every eventuality, so my toolkit looks like this:4BDC8589-6A2D-4D34-BC58-1CA1F84DFBE2.jpeg

They look a lot nicer than mine

[m00minpapa]

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I try to be prepared for every eventuality, so my toolkit looks like this:4BDC8589-6A2D-4D34-BC58-1CA1F84DFBE2.jpeg

They look a lot nicer than mine

Yours still look perfectly serviceable though

[brian harrison]

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I try to be prepared for every eventuality, so my toolkit looks like this:4BDC8589-6A2D-4D34-BC58-1CA1F84DFBE2.jpeg

They look a lot nicer than mine

Yours still look perfectly serviceable though

WD40 is handy they are always seized from the last winter,a few minutes working them sorts it.

[Steve Dennington]

I try to be prepared for every eventuality, so my toolkit looks like this:4BDC8589-6A2D-4D34-BC58-1CA1F84DFBE2.jpeg

Have any of them been used?

[m00minpapa]

I try to be prepared for every eventuality, so my toolkit looks like this:4BDC8589-6A2D-4D34-BC58-1CA1F84DFBE2.jpeg

Have any of them been used?

Yup, but only had to use the forceps so far. They’ve got quite a bit of leverage as they don’t have such a long nose. They are these ones if you’re interested: https://www.sportfish.co.uk/cuda-forceps.html

[Steve Dennington]

Yup, but only had to use the forceps so far. They’ve got quite a bit of leverage as they don’t have such a long nose. They are these ones if you’re interested: https://www.sportfish.co.uk/cuda-forceps.html

£32 for a set of forceps?

I'll stick with my £5 long nosed pliers. Less painful when I drop them over the side of the boat

[Steve Le maitre]

Yup, but only had to use the forceps so far. They’ve got quite a bit of leverage as they don’t have such a long nose. They are these ones if you’re interested: https://www.sportfish.co.uk/cuda-forceps.html

£32 for a set of forceps?

I'll stick with my £5 long nosed pliers. Less painful when I drop them over the side of the boat

You’ll want some pliers too

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[Steve Dennington]

Yup, but only had to use the forceps so far. They’ve got quite a bit of leverage as they don’t have such a long nose. They are these ones if you’re interested: https://www.sportfish.co.uk/cuda-forceps.html

£32 for a set of forceps?

I'll stick with my £5 long nosed pliers. Less painful when I drop them over the side of the boat

You’ll want some pliers too
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Christ on a bike!

I'll stick with these, cheers!

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[Dean0]

I've started using a cheap pair of fishing pliers attached to a cord. Always in the front pouch of my smock coat along with a glove. Works really well 9.5 times out of 10. These are backed up with long handled pliers and side cutters for the odd tricky fish.

[brian harrison]

Yup, but only had to use the forceps so far. They’ve got quite a bit of leverage as they don’t have such a long nose. They are these ones if you’re interested: https://www.sportfish.co.uk/cuda-forceps.html

£32 for a set of forceps?

I'll stick with my £5 long nosed pliers. Less painful when I drop them over the side of the boat

You’ll want some pliers too
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Welcome to my world,I have drawers full of them….. literally 10s of 1000s of pounds of shiny stuff.
All paid for by me & engineers wonder why I say no when they ask to borrow them. They ain’t “just a pair of pliers”
Although for fishing I only buy the 3 for a tenner of eBay specials.

[John Milford]

I carry a whole bunch of unhooking tools in a roll - as others have said 'just in case'.

I've had these for a couple of seasons and found them excellent for the money. They are what I use probably 90% of the time.

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NB. Locking forceps are very handy on rare occasions of deeper hooking, even if they're not what is being used for the actual unhooking.

If two trebles need to be dealt with, clamping forceps onto the first one freed - to keep it under tension and prevent it re-hooking - helps while the second hook is bring released with another tool.

[Flipflopjoe]

I carry a whole bunch of unhooking tools in a roll - as others have said 'just in case'.

I've had these for a couple of seasons and found them excellent for the money. They are what I use probably 90% of the time.


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NB. Locking forceps are very handy on rare occasions of deeper hooking, even if they're not what is being used for the actual unhooking.

If two trebles need to be dealt with, clamping forceps onto the first one freed - to keep it under tension and prevent it re-hooking - helps while the second hook is bring released with another tool.

That’s good advice regarding the locking forceps John, never thought of that.

I use my 12” artery forceps to unhook 99% of the time but always carry a set of long nose, long reach pistol grip pliers and cutters for problems.

[Noblest savage]

Have a look at sponge holding forceps, they give you the best of both worlds.

Cheers
Ben

[OLDESOX]

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these are a set i keep

[Joephilpots87]

Both! Can never have enough tools.

[MarkBerrisford]

Long nose pliers for lures,10inch needle holders for bait fishing they’re basically short nose forceps a lot better built that any fishing forceps on the market they used to be dirt cheap on eBay but had gone up when I last looked

[Mike J]

Some advice please. Have purchased some long forceps for unhooking (hopefully to be caught soon Pike) yet a lot of video's I have watched it seems Pliers are used?
I presume pliers provide a better grip? so should I be investing in a pair of long nosed pliers as well? I have also seen the pistol grip pliers. What in your expereince is the best tool for the job and also what will be the easiest for a junior to use (under supervision of course) TIA

Forceps curved design to remove hooks from fish.
Pliers to remove hook from you. Just ensure the pliers you buy will cut the hooks you use in one movement and you can use them with one hand.

I still carry the same forceps I bought in the '70's, Maun parallel jaw sidecutters are my pliers, yes they cut hooks and yes I have used them to removed a hook from me.

To avoid many of the unhooking problems associated with trebles why not use circle hooks, you can remove them with your fingers as the hook always lodges in the corner of the mouth or just outside.

Never left a hook in a fish and would hope you never do. Good luck and enjoy your fishing


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[cookiesdaughtersdad]

I tried using some of those pistol grip jobbies again the other day and thought I will get some, any recommendations/links would be appreciated!

Cheers, Alan

[kabjor]

Alan, I got a pair of those from China of eBay for £5.50 or thereabouts. Plain silver, no logo, no frills but as good as the branded ones.
Kieran

[cookiesdaughtersdad]

Alan, I got a pair of those from China of eBay for £5.50 or thereabouts. Plain silver, no logo, no frills but as good as the branded ones.
Kieran

Cheers, Alan

[Paddy_R]

I tried using some of those pistol grip jobbies again the other day and thought I will get some, any recommendations/links would be appreciated!

Cheers, Alan

The SPRO Secure Grip Pike Plier 37cm works well. Usually reach for them before the straight pliers.

[Jawpiker]

Both! Never have enough……just in case tools you don’t ever want to leave hooks in fish and if you are tooled up properly you will never have to.