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98% of my use for a pair of thin nose pliers while fishing is to grab the hook, hold the trout back over the water, turn my hand 180% and release the trout un-touched and un-harmed.
I recently had occasion to need more form them when I buried a hook in my hand, with the barb poking back out. My cheap, Chinese pliers failed to cut the bard off. I ended up doing boat surgery with a sharp pocket knife.

I need better pliers.

I have been looking at the P-line "Adaro" aluminum pliers with the steel jaws and hardened cutter.

Any thoughts, recommendations ?

The P-lines seem to sell for about $30, and I'm not rich, so $30 is about the top of my budget.

For cutting hooks you don't need a better pair of pliers, you need a small pair of bolt cutters.

And the best small bolt cutter on the market is a Knipex.

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You'll be amazed at how fast these cut. The slice the hooks off my musky lures like cutting through butter.

X2. That's what we use for cutting the hooks outta Muskies. Nothing better.

I have the P Line pliers. I use the cutters on them for cutting braid, but have never tried to cut off a barb so I cant comment on their ability there. The pliers themselves work well. They don't rust and they have a nice holster for your belt and a lanyard so they don't go overboard. I'm not sure that they remove hooks any better than a cheap pair of needlenose though.

I usually crimp all my barbs down as soon as I pull a hook out of the packaging. I once had a Rattlin' Rap in a flopping 4 lb pike and my calf simultaneously while in a canoe on a river. I was happy that the barbs were pinched that time, although it still was painful.

SS

X3 Knipex is the best cutters you will ever own.