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i've used manley's for the last 10 years. i can usually get about 5 years out of them before the cutter and spring erodes away too much. they run to whopping $30 or so, give or take. i've cut braid and mono, but the area where i need them most is cutting hooks. i've cut too many hooks out of fingers, hands, and fish w/o thinking twice about them failing. 6x vmc's, 4/0 trebles, 10/0 umbrellas, etc. and, still able to cut braid and mono. maybe take a dremel and lightly brush the cutter up at the end of the year. and, if i lose them, oh crap, $30. i go buy another pair. i carry a second pair of needle nose just for dehooking hooks in smaller fish that are deeply hooked. i simply have no reason to jump to donnmar, orvis, or van stall -type pliers. my .02.
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