Replacing Treble Hooks WITHOUT Split Ring Pliers

[@CricketsBay]

This is genius. I have been struggling with tiny split rings for months. This works.

[@Spectra33]

Thanks for sharing this! I meant to buy jump rings for jewelry making, but got split rings by accident. I don't have split ring pliers. I've tried to open the rings with my thumb nails, paper clips, safety pins & small pliers, but I keep bending the split ring out of shape! Hopefully your screw driver idea keeps it from bending out of shape. I plan on using a mini screw driver. It's tiny so hopefully it's perfect lol. Thanks again!

[@boracakmak6002]

Thanks for the video. BTW the hooks on Rapala Shadow Rap and Shadow Rap Deep definitely need replacing. Never seen so fragile hooks...

[@jamesleary1405]

I've caught several large mouth and pickerel on that lure. It's basically just a small shallow diving crank bait.

[@chrisneilson8064]

Dude, you use split ring pliers...

[@antelopecheetah8089]

If the ring is too small for your split ring plier to go through, you can just cramp the whole ring. (i.e. grip from outside of the ring)

[@kellyhoffman5440]

i hate changing hooks so much i would rather just buy another lure 😂

[@michaellodge4927]

Good vid

[@mattyp8]

You literally used split ring pliers to get the hook back on lol

[@xtherealest]

The problem with changing hooks is that they don't want you to be able to change the hook without the pliers. So what they do is that they put in a split ring that is like really tough to split. I tried to get the hooks out and I took the first lure and I struggled for a bit but after a minute I got it and I managed to get the hooks out. And since it was easy to get them out I pulled the hooks out of the split ring with no hesitation thinking that I will be able to put them back if I needed to. Then I took a Savage Gear lure and the split rings that they have on their lures is just impossible to split to get the hook out without the pliers. I tried other woblers but still I just wasn't able to get the hooks out so after that I just throwed the lures back into the box and I thought that I will get the hooks back on the first lure but suprisingly it is way harder to get the hooks back than getting the hooks out. So now I have a lure that has no hooks on it and I have no idea how do I get the hooks back. I wanted to change the treble hooks for single hooks because the single hooks don't hurt the fish as much as the treble hooks. I didn't want to do it but it looks like I will get the split pliers anyway. After all I guess it is better that I know I won't be able to do it without the pliers and I the next time I will order something I will get the hooks with the split pliers and I won't have to pay the shipping twice.

[@kyleadams1215]

That's a jerk bait and u can tear up largemouth on them, they are deadly when the conditions are right and you know how to work one