Texas Tackle vs Mustad KVD split ring pliers 

LOL....NICE!!!!!!!!!!

LOL..yeah. Sometimes it's just better that way :) It's funny how something as simple as the last quarter inch of a pair of pliers can make such a big difference. And how much hair we pull out over trying to shove sharpened wire into wire bent into a circle..lol

I had to post this video after all the chatter about the mustads...I think about 10 years ago this chinese clone type plier popped up under the coast brand(you know...the overpriced shitty flashlight company) They were 25$ and had a sheath..lol Bought a pair on sale for 10 bucks..they rusted shut by the time I got back to dock on an overnighter...after proving worthless i tossed em to the crabs. They're good for a carry in your car type multi use type thing. But if you are really changing a ton of rings or if you like heavy jigging. Texas tackle orange or green handles are a must. You're out there a ton. You know the drill.

I haven't done any reviews on saltwater hooks. Only hook comparison so far discusses 13 different fw hooks ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-4KjgPJ0FKNs.html VMC's get a ton of love because they are sharp relatively strong, resist corrosion well and are most importantly cheap! I haven't knowingly used daichii saltwater trebles. As long as they are strong, sharp and wear well. Fish em until they get too dull or rust. :) I'm of the opinion that 3/4 of straightened hooks are either defects or the fish hung a hook on a piece of structure. It takes a ton of pressure/ leverage to open a 4x treble. Many of my plugs I switched to singles.

I'm really surprised to hear that. WHat color handles?

Same as yours, orange. Just look at the pointed bit, is just too blunt and fat in my opinion. You need that bit to be sharper. I want to try the Rapala ones. I have no idea whether it will be better, but from the picture at least the pointed bit looks much sharper, I am guessing it should be able to get in between the split ring much easier. www.rapala.com/rapala/fishing-tools/pliers-and-forceps/mini-split-ring-pliers/RMSP.html

Hmmmm...I'm really surprised you had a problem with em. The tighter you squeeze the more they open. I just buzz though. Maybe grind down the angle of the wedge to make it a tad narrower??? Not too much though so it spreads. I could definitely see if the point of the wedge were rounded it being problematic. But the way mine work is. It kind of auto finds the the right spot as you gradually close it. You're not trying to allign the free hanging ring at the end of the jaw...Then line up the wedge. With the TT you slid the ring on the bottom jaw and close when close.

Grinding might help, but I don't have a grinder. Again, the issue is that pointed bit just being too blunt and fat. I will try out the Rapala ones which is not dissimilar to the Xuron 496 which has fantastic reviews or may be I will just try the Xuron 496. www.amazon.com/Xuron-496-Split-Ring-Plier/dp/B000BL6OZ8/ref=sr_1_1?s=industrial&ie=UTF8&qid=1490199275&sr=1-1&keywords=xuron+split+ring+pliers

A few seconds with a run of the mill file should do the trick. What rings are you using them on. In the video i went from 150lb ish rings (way past what i'd recommend the tt's for) down to size 0 jdm valleyh ills

I picked up the xurons about 3 months ago...gave em to my friend...Texas tackles are faster and more secure. Bias has nothing to do with anything...I prefer the best tool for the job.

HAAA.....Don't shoot the messenger...lol..hide your wallet in 3,2,1..The clear black purple with the marbled pink back is a megabass cutter 90......Only good if constantly twitched..tail weighted not much built in action...The other is an evergreen prop magic spybait 95. Good for 4-6'...has a slight sway on the retrieve...besides the duo realis...the only spybait worth anything. (i have every single make and model spybait besides the tiemco stealth pepper and new storm.....all junk..but the evergreen and duo....I'm about 4 vids away doing a spybait comparison.

Those are sebile bonga jerks

I remember 10 years ago coast the over priced crappy flashlight company sold the identical ones for 30$ I got em for a steal at 12...and they rusted out in a week in my boat bag.lmao

I think it goes exective....these orange handles.....blue then green being the largest

No i haven't. It may be good. I have used their other tools in the past. Once you get a TT....It's essentially as good as you'll ever need imho...The might also be the case with the xuron...but I don't know. Know what I mean?

They will not cut braid for very long, maybe a day then thats it. Cheers Gaz

gazpixs I've had mine for 3 seasons now and they still cut braid fine. Use them in both salt and fresh water.

I feel like cheap small pliers are fine until you go about size 6+ I like small rapala split rings pliers cheap generic design take out spring keep in lure box

interesting. I use them pretty often even go down to i think size 1 valley hills. (on the yellow stream drive in the video) And have been very happy with the TT. Are you using the orange handle ones or the larger ones?

What size rings? Must have gotten a defect. I've used them on thousands of rings now. Still work like new. If you primarlily use it for fw bass lures the orange handles should last years! Saltwater pelagic sized rings...they'd last a few hundred rings.. Which is why they offer 2 sizes larger...Were yours made in pakistan? says it on the pliers.

Tackle Advisors it was on bass lures... on some Spro #3's (16 lb). Changing out hooks on some squarebills. The handle pushed inward, and the jaws wouldn't open. I had to force the handle back open to reset the gap. That's what cracked them. My guess is it was on "off" pair... but it soured me on the brand. I bought a rapala that I'm not in love with, so I might try another pair of TT's. Fingers crossed.

Damn dude....that's pretty crazy...had to be a bad pair. If they were junk....or if there was a better pair. I'd have switched. This vid over a year old now...and they're still running like new. And I've swapped trebs on about 20lbs of pluggage since. If you still have them...i'd say snap a pic and send it to TT. Betcha they send ya a new set.

Tackle Advisors I should have snapped a pic, but I think in my frustration I might have binned them... hard. I liked the design, and the application, more than my Raps, So, like I said, I might invest another 14 bucks, and try again.

Hi James, are you referring to the single hooks? They are owner inline singles. I also use some jdm singles from decoy and gamakatsu. Mainly the owners

I personally found the KVD's made better cutters than split ring pliers

those snacky 33 's are the bizzzzzness!

yeah, the cutters are great for braid, but i dont use braid lol thats why they sit in my "extra tackle" bag lol

Yeah they are!!you ever throw the stream drives??? Or the smaller wanders? They cast like a stone....and work spectacularly!! Not much of a built in action...but twitch beautifully!!

Tackle Advisors im a lucky craft junky lol trout eat em up... japan knows al treezy all too well 🤣

Thanks Brotha!!!!

Texas tackle executive

@@TackleAdvisors Thanks much! ☺

@@jimvreyes you're welcome

Yup! same.....I keep em with my Jigs in my Canyon bag. The orange handled ones are the same size and cover the same range as the KVD.....which are the same as the oem variants brought over for the past 10+ years.

There have been quite a few threads on StripersOnline asking about SR pliers....figured...hell...make a vid..that way people can see the difference.

excuse my french but ,there are some village fucking idiots on that forum....I rarely visit that place anymore. just not many good saltwater forums left imo. if I do post on a saltwater forum it's on the florida sportsman and the traffic on that forum has slowed down to a trickle.. good on you for making a video , exposing a product that a lot of people are unaware of.

The problem with SOL if you can call it that.....there are soooo many people...even if 99.999% are good....when there are 100,000 members...the sun shines through the clouds...Out of all the forums i belong to.. I find SOL to be the most active, and entertaining :) And there is good information to be had.... I used to love 360 tuna but it's slowed down alot....Florida sportsman and a canyon runner seminar is what got me into daytime swording 10 years ago :) But FS has indeed slowed down.

i think if some these old forums had mobile friendly sites they would see more traffic...they could have accomplished that with the tapatalk app but , only a few jumped on that bus. nice work man, keep it up !

That's a sebile bonga jerk. That is one of my favorite striped bass plugs. They cast well enough. You can troll them....and they track so true at high speed..if you are running and gunning..you can leave them in the water even at 20kts :) It's similar to the loved stick shad but has more built in action. I've even hung tandem 4x gami octopus hooks on wire...and a strip of bluefish and set it out and it kinda waves in the current for sharking. Almost had the world record cobia but it missed the hook as we all stood in awwwe at how it was as big as we were. (that same week the NJ cobia record was broken so they were in the area...and the one that was harassing us was much much larger) The one pictured I drilled and foamed the inside of. (they make salt and sun versions that are pre foamed) The hollow cavity ones tend to leak unfortunately. rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?ff3=4&toolid=11800&pub=5575291817&campid=5338075559&mpre=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fsch%2Fi.html%3F_odkw%3Dbonga%2Bjerk%26LH_PrefLoc%3D2%26_osacat%3D0%26_from%3DR40%26_trksid%3Dp2045573.m570.l1313.TR0.TRC0.H0.Xsebile%2Bbonga%2Bjerk.TRS1%26_nkw%3Dsebile%2Bbonga%2Bjerk%26_sacat%3D0 The bigger 215mm is what is in the video with the single The one with the treble and black spot is the 165mm salt and sun series (pre foamed and heavier trebles) they are not tough to find The hook is an Owner 9/0 single replacement hook.

You said this lure would work on striped bass??? Oh my god, I should ask since a long time. Now, I bought sebile stick shad white. So you said this lure would work on striped bass? Because I'm interest to go after big fish using bigger lure. Thank again for your reply.

They work great for stripers one of my favorits. Too bad they're so hard to find.. I have about a 5 to 1 bonga jerk to stick shad ratio in my arsenal.....Stick shads in larger sizes are good....but for where I fish in NJ I prefer the bonga jerks. In the different sizes.

Tackle Advisors any suggestion which color would work better for striped bass ? I plan to use it for canal. By the way, have you had any luck with shimano orca and shimano popper catching striped bass? I bought the orca but I haven't had any luck yet. This bad is so weird with the action.

Color is all you my friend. I do well with pretty much all the colors. Chartruese over white. Gold over silver. Perch....Orange and black. They all work. Pick what you feel confident in the most. And worse case....sand it down and spray pain it whatever you want :)

I believe so. I think it goes in the order from smallest to largest: executive (all stainless) orange (in the vid) blue then green.