Vacation!
I will be away until June 9. Any orders received after 4 PM on Friday, May 30 will not be shipped until June 9 or later (orders will be processed in the sequence in which they are received and I won't be able to process a week's worth of orders in one day unless it is a very slow week).
Clamps and Nippers
Clamps and Nippers may not be absolutely necessary, but they definitely are handy to have. I would say clamps are darn near necessary if you fish lures with barbed trebles. If a fish is hooked by only one of the three points on a treble hook, all it takes is one headshake to put one of the others in your finger. Even worse is a minnow plug with two sets of trebles. I once had to drive one of my fishing buddies to the emergency room after a smallmouth bass flipped out of his grip and buried one of the other hooks in his index finger. You don't want your fingers anywhere near those barbed trebles! Even with a single barbless hook, which I highly recommend, it will be much easier to unhook small fish in particular if you can reach in with a pair of clamps to get the hook.
Of the various clamps that are available, my favorite by far are the
Dr. Slick curved Spring Creek Clamps. They have very small, sharp
points, which makes it very easy to get the clamps into the mouth of a
smaller fish. They come in flat black and shiny gold and stainless. I carry only the flat black ones!
I suppose you could do without nippers if you always bite your line to cut it. I always did - until a strange little half circle chip broke out of a front tooth. My dentist told me I shouldn't bite my line - before, after and several times during the time she was grinding down the rest of the tooth so the chip wouldn't be quite so noticeable. After that, I started using nippers. I would suggest learning from my experience rather than waiting to learn from your own.
Dr. Slick ECO Nippers - $6Shipping
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Header photo: Tenryu Rayz RZ4102B-UL, Shimano Calcutta Conquest BFSHG ('17)
Warning:
The hooks are sharp.
The coffee's hot.
The fish are slippery when wet.
Whatever you do, do it with finesse!