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Went fishing with my youngest two boys this weekend. Brought all our poles, tackleboxes, bought bait, everything we needed. Except needlenose pliers...
I thought I had thrown my leatherman into my backpack, thought I had my tool pouch in the truck, thought I had pliers in my tacklebox. None of the above, and with kids and pan-fish, the fish are gonna swallow the hook from time to time.
Fortunatly, I had my 96-OT with me, Bearhead trapper with tweezers and pick. The tweezers worked fairly well for "swallowed hook syndrom". Pliers would have been better, but the tweezers worked pretty well, as they fit nicely into the fishes mouth. If they were a bit stiffer, and maybe were scored at the tips, they could have been even better than pliers, but hey, they got the job done!
This is a great knife overall anyway, and the accessories just make it very useful. Takes a seriously sharp edge, good backsprings, just a great package!
I thought I had thrown my leatherman into my backpack, thought I had my tool pouch in the truck, thought I had pliers in my tacklebox. None of the above, and with kids and pan-fish, the fish are gonna swallow the hook from time to time.
Fortunatly, I had my 96-OT with me, Bearhead trapper with tweezers and pick. The tweezers worked fairly well for "swallowed hook syndrom". Pliers would have been better, but the tweezers worked pretty well, as they fit nicely into the fishes mouth. If they were a bit stiffer, and maybe were scored at the tips, they could have been even better than pliers, but hey, they got the job done!

This is a great knife overall anyway, and the accessories just make it very useful. Takes a seriously sharp edge, good backsprings, just a great package!