There are various companies to choose nippers from, and part of getting the best one is getting the right one for the right job. For this gear review, we look at the Umpqua River Grip Big Nip. Let’s get started. The River Grip Big Nip is just that, Big and easy to grip. Rain or…
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Gear You Need // Hatch Nipper 2
For those of you who appreciate high quality fishing gear, you are undoubtedly familiar with Hatch Outdoors. They are known in the industry for their outstanding reels but make other products that are also worthy of your investment. These products are all designed and manufactured with the same high quality materials and attention to…
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Hatch Nippers
Over the last five years or so, premium line nippers have grown incredibly popular among fly fishing gear junkies like ourselves. Since their introduction, high-end nippers have sparked the debate – why pay for top shelf nippers, when a five-dollar pair of fingernail clippers can get the same job done? Well, we’re not here to make a…
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Tell Us Your Best Bonefishing Story
It’s contest time again here on the Deneki blog! We’re going to send the author of our favorite bonefishing story a free pair of Abel nippers and a free Deneki / Ed Hepp bonefish t-shirt. The rules of this one are really, really simple. Tell us your best bonefishing story as a comment on this…
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Bonefish Haiku Contest – Win Abel Nippers
We haven’t run a contest in a while. We have some extra Abel nippers floating around. It’s bonefishing season. We love haiku. Hey, let’s run a bonefish haiku contest and send the winner a free set of Abel nippers! Contest Rules Submit a haiku about bonefish or bonefishing via a comment on this blog post….
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Quick Nipper Lanyards
Nippers on any fishing trip are key, no two ways about it, and if you think our recommendation of the Abel nippers and lanyard is totally ridiculous, you might enjoy a little tried-and-true guide tip for making your own system. Its pretty simple, really. First, go to your local supermarket or Walgreens and buy as…
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Try a Lanyard
After years of digging around for the nearest set of pliers any time a piece of tippet needed cutting, your humble editor recently discovered the incredible convenience that is the simplest piece of fishing gear on the planet – the lanyard. You use your nippers more than any piece of gear besides your rod. Why…
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Gear Review Roundup
We like fishing gear. We even like trying out new fishing gear and then writing what we think about it. Right now there are 229 posts about gear on our web site, and we often hear from folks that they’d like to see more. Not to worry – we’ve got a bunch in the works…
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Abel Nippers
Abel just started shipping their brand new nippers. They’ve got a sophisticated design, and they’re beautifully executed, and they cost $50 or $100. We got a pair and tried them out, and here’s what we think of them. First, let’s cut to the chase. Do You Really Need $50 Nippers? No, of course you don’t….
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