Cutting fishing line

[Choporoz]

I have used Boomerang for years and love it.  However, I also keep nail clippers on the same lanyard just for clipping non-braid leader tags.  Unfortunately, I've never found scissors or any other cutter where the blades slide across each other that can cut close enough reliably without ever knicking the line adjacent.  Knives don't work much better for me for that application.

 

Anyone use any durable, sharp nipper type cutters that they would recommend?

[Darren.]

Got a couple Boomerang snips, but trouble with them cutting

cleanly (for braid). Have used them on multiple lines, so that's

the issue.

 

Kid's Fiskars work very well. May investigate some of the other

suggestions mentioned here.

[Choporoz]

23 minutes ago, Darren. said:

Got a couple Boomerang snips, but trouble with them cutting

cleanly (for braid). Have used them on multiple lines, so that's

the issue.

 

Kid's Fiskars work very well. May investigate some of the other

suggestions mentioned here.

Like a couple other posters above, I try to keep nylon line to end of Boomerang blades and braid to the inside.  In my head, it keeps the edge a lot longer that way.

[Darren.]

21 minutes ago, Choporoz said:

Like a couple other posters above, I try to keep nylon line to end of Boomerang blades and braid to the inside.  In my head, it keeps the edge a lot longer that way.

Yeah, I think I did too much cutting through the entire blade

over the years on multiple line types. Perhaps the next set I

will do that.

 

Actually, might just be the one attached to my PFD. Will have

to see whether the one I gave to one of my sons has the same

issue.

[RealtreeByGod]

Multitool knife. 

 

I probably have 500 bucks worth of Leathermans, I have to justify their cost somehow. 

[FishingGeekTX]

I got some pitbulls too after a guide showed them to me, cuts clean effortlessly, no tension needed.   I had been using some of those braid clips everyone sells, the little semi-retractile...they are terrible over time.

I also have a side cutter on my pliers that are at my hip, that works well too. 

 

If those super line scissors work well over time on braid, and dont' fray or need tension, that may be the way to go...sometimes I clip the lure eye which can create sharp edges...a big no-no.  That's harder to do with scissors.

[MT204]

Klein Serrated Electrician Scissors.

 

[CrankFate]

I’ll pass this one on because it works — $1.00 children’s scissors from Staples. Cuts braid better than anything.

[Harold Scoggins]

Attached to my PFD.

[Mikeltee]

A lighter when I forget to bring my diags.

[NYWayfarer]

My pliers have line cutters built in. They work with no issues. At home I have a pair of Kastking scissors.