*JimH* wrote:


I have rusted out cheapo needle-nose and ordinary pliers in my tackle box
and they have never failed me over my past 40 years or so of fishing. One
is not performing brain surgery with the fish when removing a hook and only
an inexperienced fisherman would use expensive mechanics tool to do so.
Only an inexperienced fisherman would call Van Staal pliers "mechanics
tools"
They're FISHING tools, tool. Some people like to have decent fishing
gear.

BTW: Am I strange or what?

Yes, very.