Split Ring Removal 2025
Mundo318 reply :
If you dont have split ring pliers, what is the best thing to remove split rings with?
IndianaFinesse reply :
Needle nose pliers.
thebillsman reply :
You guys use pliers? I just use my thumbnail..
MickD reply :
If one uses split rings that will handle trophy bass, it's pretty tough on the nails. The best tool is a very good quality split ring plier. I think Texas Tackle are excellent. The cheap sheet metal ones simply don't work, or don't work well.
Fishinthefish reply :
Wrong post
BobP reply :
Anything you use other than split ring pliers is a compromise. I mount and remove split rings hundreds of times per year since I build and repaint baits. The Texas Tackle pliers are among the best and are worth the money.
IndianaFinesse reply :
On 11/20/2016 at 4:50 AM, MickD said:If one uses split rings that will handle trophy bass, it's pretty tough on the nails.
Yep, if I tried to open the split rings that I typically replace the stock split rings with my finger nails, I would most likely be short at least part of my thumb nail!
TxHawgs reply :
Texas Tackle split ring pliers are the only way to go. The standard sized ones w the yellow handles cover all the baits I use so far. @ TW for 14.99
CrustyMono reply :
i use my finger nails, insert the nail between the ring, slide it away but keeping it in, you want the entrance or exit to be wedged up, slide the bait in or out of the split ring, remove your nil, now you just slide it out. much harder to explain than do
FordsnFishin reply :
Texas tackle pliers, only way to go.
MickD reply :
On 11/20/2016 at 9:16 PM, CrustyMono said:i use my finger nails, insert the nail between the ring, slide it away but keeping it in, you want the entrance or exit to be wedged up, slide the bait in or out of the split ring, remove your nil, now you just slide it out. much harder to explain than do
Buy some heavy duty ones, like for salmon, and report back. :-)
fishwizzard reply :
In a pinch the nail file on a small swiss army knife works very well, it's thin, strong, and dull enough not to draw blood when you jam it into your palm.
blckshirt98 reply :
+1 to Texas Tackle. I tried using my fingernails and needle nose pliers at first but when I decided to swap out the front trebles on a lot of my squarebills I got a pair of split ring pliers. Never using anything else.
MassYak85 reply :
On 11/20/2016 at 3:27 PM, TxHawgs said:Texas Tackle split ring pliers are the only way to go. The standard sized ones w the yellow handles cover all the baits I use so far. @ TW for 14.99
THESE^ I got a pair this year and they are awesome!
I used my fingernails for a long time but when you start using beefier split rings on larger baits and need to open them wide enough to get larger trebles on, you really do need pliers of some sort.
scaleface reply :
In a pinch I've used a willow leaf spinner blade .
Choporoz reply :
Texas Tackle
Jrob78 reply :
On 11/20/2016 at 3:27 PM, TxHawgs said:Texas Tackle split ring pliers are the only way to go. The standard sized ones w the yellow handles cover all the baits I use so far. @ TW for 14.99
This is the correct answer to your question.
Last_Cast reply :
Buy the pliers..well worth it, otherwise I use my nail.
tander reply :
On 11/22/2016 at 3:06 AM, scaleface said:In a pinch I've used a willow leaf spinner blade .
+1 Looks like I am going to have to order one from Texas Tackle.
2tall79 reply :
Dikes....cut 'em off, they're cheap.
IndianaFinesse reply :
On 1/10/2017 at 10:37 PM, 2tall79 said:Dikes....cut 'em off, they're cheap.
Not if you get high quality split rings, then they can add up. Plus then you have to figure out how to put new split rings on, and the hooks on the split rings. So not only would that waste split rings, it would also mean putting both the hook and the eye on the split rings, instead of probably just having to put the hook on (unless your replacing the split rings anyway).
2tall79 reply :
On 1/10/2017 at 10:57 PM, IndianaFinesse said:Not if you get high quality split rings, then they can add up. Plus then you have to figure out how to put new split rings on, and the hooks on the split rings. So not only would that waste split rings, it would also mean putting both the hook and the eye on the split rings, instead of probably just having to put the hook on (unless your replacing the split rings anyway).
I use to work with an old carpenter that told me that those slots they put in screws are for taking them out.
Bluebasser86 reply :
Fingernails or pliers if I can't get them open.
Fishin' Fool reply :
I got some good ones from the crafting store it's called Michaels out my way. I think they are for making jewelry. These are way better than the fishing ones that I bought before plus cheaper.
http://www.michaels.com/10121254.html#q=Split+ring+remover&start=10
RyneB reply :
split ring pliers, I can manage it with needle nose but it is truly a pain after doing it with split ring pliers.
junyer357 reply :
Im a firm supporter of the texas tackle split ring pliers. I had been using a cheap pair with the point onthe end. Wife bought me the texas tackle ones for my birthday and i havent looked back. Well worth it, especially if you are like me and upgrade the stock hooks and change the line tie to an oval ring.
J Francho reply :
I use a micro screw driver. Jam it in between, and twist to spread the split ring.
Team9nine reply :
On 1/12/2017 at 3:55 AM, junyer357 said:Im a firm supporter of the texas tackle split ring pliers. I had been using a cheap pair with the point on the end.
Absolutely some of the best money I've ever spent on a tackle purchase. Pains me to reflect back on all the years spent doing things the hard way, fingernails and willow leaf blades ?
CTBassin860 reply :
I have a pair of BPS split ring pliers/braid cutter combo.They work great and only like 8 bucks.
fishwizzard reply :
On 1/12/2017 at 3:55 AM, junyer357 said:texas tackle split ring pliers.
Welp, you guys have convinced me. I just started replacing almost all my trebles with single hooks/barbless trebles and I am already sick of fussing with the cheap pliers I have now.
MassYak85 reply :
On 1/12/2017 at 5:16 AM, Bunnielab said:
Welp, you guys have convinced me. I just started replacing almost all my trebles with single hooks/barbless trebles and I am already sick of fussing with the cheap pliers I have now.
You won't regret it if you get them
Fishes in trees reply :
I'm 60+ years old now and every time I pick up at tool I hear my high school shop teacher yelling at me to. "USE THE RIGHT TOOL FOR THE JOB!!" When it comes to messing with split rings, there isn't any substitute for a GOOD set of split ring pliers.
I have a pair of the Texas tackle ones, with the orange handles, mostly because a long time ago, Tackle Tour recommended them as the best pair of split ring pliers they had come across.
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