On Mon, 20 Jul 2009 09:33:08 -0400, "Ed Huntress"
wrote:


I think that device from Orvis has the market now.

This one?
http://www.orvis.com/store/productch...id=230Y&bhcp=1

At $19.95 they sure don't have the market in these parts. But by
golly, Cabelas does indeed offer them along with some other choices.
http://tinyurl.com/kufyk3

I made a tool that works well. Found some big stainless hemostats at
a surplus store for a coupla bux. The working part forward of the
hinge was 4 or 5 inches, fairly heavy but it'd still twist and upset
if much torque was put on it. I whacked that down to about 1.5" with
a Dremel and then made a couple of transverse grooves to grab hooks
down to #14 or so. It works really, really well. No photo, it's at
the lake and I'm not at the moment.