TEC me up Scotty

TEC TOOLS 6” Bent Nose Power Pliers

Since I got back from the US Berkley 07/08 New Stuff Bonanza, I’ve been waiting to get my hands on a set of these!!!
Not that I didn’t have my hands on them at the show but it was the fact that they wouldn't let me keep them…or anything else I had crammed down my pants for that matter.

Anyway, I have them now and it’s time to give them a little bit of a workout Mad Dog style!

Q. How tough are the hook-out jaws?
A. Tough enough to turn a Saltwater Series 7/0 Nitro Jighead Hook into something that resembled a pretzel…..and then I proceeded to snap the hook in half. Yep! That’ll do pig…that’ll do!!

Q. How tough are the cutters?
A. First I got a length of 300lb single strand stainless steel wire and continuously cut it into 50 tiny pieces. No damage. Then a decent chunk of 400lb, 49 strand nylon coated wire and chop that up into bits….. No damage!
Going from one extreme to the other (as I do) I then took some 6lb Fireline and this can be hard to cut at the best of times, but these little tungsten cutters just sliced through it like Ginsu through cooked cow bum!
Cutters are a-ok!

Q.Grips??
A. Yes…. It has them! No really, the grips are very, very grippy in the wet and feel solid to hold when clamping down hard on your best mates nose cause he eat the last pie. They also have two lanyard holes for lefties and righties!!
Oh, and the handles pull off (with a little persuading) so you can clean the fish snot out of them.
Now, just in case you though you’d like to see what you can’t, cause your not Super Man and you can’t see through steel, I’ve taken the liberty of opening the pliers right up the guts for all to see…..lovely!!

Q. What else do you get?
A. A weekend in the Swiss Alps and 1 billion dollars…..arr no. Seriously, you get a lovely little pouch with belt clip and a wrist lanyard so you don’t go loosing it OB (over board).

Now for some ‘off the pack’ features –
· Dual-density Softorx handles (yes that’s right I said SOFTORX)
· Replaceable Tungsten Carbide cutters that are suitable for cutting up to 400lb mono and 180lb wire (and if your as nuts as me cut what ever you like with them cause they can).
· 45 degree precision-tip diamond pattern jaws.
· Oversized SS pivot with internal torsion spring for one handed use.
· Passivation-treated 420 stainless steel construction end to end, for extreme corrosion resistance.

Yep, I like a good set of pliers! I like em even more when they don’t cost $600. The proof of greatness, as you would expect, is in the using and it will take a good 6 to 12 months before I can put the Mad Dog Royter stamp of approval on them but from the off set, they sure look and feel the goods!!

Check’em out soon.

Royter out.

What's a little grub like you doing in a place like this?

If you’re a big fan of the 2” Tournament Grub in PowerBait formula and I know a lot of you are, then hold onto ya hats cause here come the bait you’ve been waiting for!
Gulp! 2” and 3” single tails called ‘Jigging Grubs’. These little rippers will certainly turn the tide on those hard to catch bream and curious trout.

With a tail shape that’s not far removed from that of a ‘Minnow Grub’, it’s the body shape that will help this bait excel. Having a thinner body allows for more water to pass by the tail giving better movement and will also help with drop speed when using light weight jigheads.

Originally designed for the Japanese market these Jigging Grubs will be just the trick to slide down the side of a pylon or to ‘shakin retrieve’ out of the dark from under a dock or boat hull!

Colours – Watermellon, Pumpkin Seed and Smoke (first of the semi-clears).

And if all else fails, chucks of the 2" model fits perfectly down an empty pen case for some hot-digity-dog pea shootin action…….and if ya mum asks…..I never told you that!!

Royter.