Do you bite, clip, or cut???

TheRogue · 09-13-2001, 08:00 AM

My whole life I've always bitten monofilament line, rather than clip or cut with a knife. I've got clippers hanging on my vest, and a knife in my pocket..I just can't break the habit of biting it off. 20, 30, 40 lb, doesn't matter. Things have changed a little, since I have Tuff line on my sturgeon and night fishing rods.....can't bite that stuff!!! But, for some dumb reason, I'll cut the braided, set the knife down, and bite the end of the leader off!!

How about everyone else??

kyle

steelhead_fishn · 09-13-2001, 08:08 AM

Mono - Bite
Braided - Gnaw/Grind

Good thing I don't do to much halibut fishing, that metal leader would present a challenge that I don't want to step up to.

Jeff

swampy · 09-13-2001, 08:10 AM

My name is swampy and I am a biter .For years I have lied to my family , my dentist , and my fishing buddies .They think I clip .Mr. Rogue , I salute you and thank you for bringing this issue out in the open . I feel free !!!

SailCat · 09-13-2001, 08:22 AM

Having split the cap on a front tooth squarely down the middle while gnawing on 8-pound-test mono, I am now a clipper.

~MT

THE REEL HEY_YALL · 09-13-2001, 08:23 AM

It depends on my mood, but I'm usually a biter. Must be from munching all that carpet that keeps me biting mono. [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]

NWRedside · 09-13-2001, 08:27 AM

I used to bite, don't now. Friend of mine is missing a few pieces of his front teeth from biting. I now have no problem reaching for the clippers attached to my vest. [img]images/icons/shocked.gif[/img]

Jeffhead · 09-13-2001, 08:27 AM

Yes [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img] [img]images/icons/tongue.gif[/img]
Good luck and tight lines, Jeff [img]images/icons/wink.gif[/img] [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]

Drifty · 09-13-2001, 08:35 AM

Fishing in the Willamette I clip everywhere else I bite. I just can't stand the thought of raw sewage.

CHUMSALMON · 09-13-2001, 08:48 AM

i'm a bitter, and i can't stop, i too have clippers always hanging within reach but, that mono finds it's way into my mouth every time! now that bradided stuff takes a little more time but it can be chewed through. boy, i hope no dentitist read this thread, they would have a cow, or a lot of new potential clients! [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img] [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img] [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img]

CAGEY · 09-13-2001, 09:15 AM

Any thing up to 15lb i bite. Anything else gets cut. My dentist calls me the Beaver, i dont know why he does that. My two front teeth are like little saw blades.Sailcat, do you have teeth???? hee hee hee

CHOMP CHOMP CHOMP AND AWAY SHE GOES

Ken

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RIPPLE · 09-13-2001, 09:48 AM

LOOK OUT! I BITE
[img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img] RIPPLE [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]

Grits · 09-13-2001, 12:11 PM

Cut my line but bite my split shots.

SteelieSteve · 09-13-2001, 12:12 PM

I mostly cut with pliers or clippers but a month ago I was hurrying to get rigged up down at the mouth of the Columbia and bit onto some 20lb. and broke a tooth. Now it's cut it always.

wetaline · 09-13-2001, 01:21 PM

Bit for my whole life but after chipping my front (fishing line bitting tooth - the others arnt at the right angle or something)tooth for the 3rd time.. i've tried clipping... still bite from time to time.... but cant afford to let that tooth get any shorter!!!

Silent Lucidity · 09-13-2001, 01:45 PM

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by THE REEL HEY_YALL:
It depends on my mood, but I'm usually a biter. Must be from munching all that carpet that keeps me biting mono. [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

The next question is: When you bite that tag line after tying a knot do you spit or swallow it? [img]images/icons/shocked.gif[/img]

Krome Brite · 09-13-2001, 02:13 PM

If I'm not mistaken, no matter the circumstances, southerners always swallow. [img]images/icons/shocked.gif[/img] [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]

OR Coast Range · 09-13-2001, 02:25 PM

It hurts my teeth too much to bite. I'm a cutter. [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img]

THE REEL HEY_YALL · 09-13-2001, 02:40 PM

I guess it depends on what kind of line it is now, doesn't it? [img]images/icons/tongue.gif[/img]

Usually I'll just wipe my hands and face clean, and the tag will be saved until later. [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]

Silent Lucidity · 09-13-2001, 02:44 PM

Ya know, he shore does have a purdy mouth...

Threemuch · 09-13-2001, 03:05 PM

I usually cut with a knife while holding the tag end in my mouth. As an avid ocean fisherman, I figure it's just a matter of time before a swell makes me stab myself in the face. [img]images/icons/shocked.gif[/img]

That'll be OK, since chicks dig scars, plus I can make up some cool story to go with it. [img]images/icons/wink.gif[/img]

Maybe I will go get a pair of clippers to tie to my bibs.

ampersat · 09-13-2001, 03:57 PM

i used to bite. put lots of notches in my teeth that way. now i clip. it's just a lot faster for me.

SlabQuest · 09-13-2001, 04:14 PM

The dogfish are in charge of biting off my line. I use the cutters on needle nose pliers. [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]

Trick · 09-13-2001, 06:01 PM

Same as Amp, my teeth are like a bag of ruffles...full of ridges. My dentist harps on me all the time about ruining my teeth. I'm getting much better about clipping the line with my pliers. They're always on me, had one to many hooks embedded im my fingers so I kill two birds with one stone.

Deepslayer · 09-13-2001, 07:29 PM

Neither, I melt the line. I once had a knot come undon, but I still boated the fish. The little ball of melted mono wouldn't go through the hook eye. I ahve been a melter ever since. [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]

Stz ll · 09-13-2001, 08:22 PM

Monofilament line was made to be bit. It just dulls a scissor anyway. [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img]

BUGLEMAN · 09-13-2001, 09:18 PM

I used to be a biter but that was a long time ago for trout.

I then learned to sturgeon fish and 90lb mono required pliers.

I now wear a tool saver on the belt that holds my diagonal pliers and hook file. The diag. also crimp lead on the inside and cut Hollow core on the outside. I highly recommend this setup except use needle nose with the cutting section.

Beek · 09-13-2001, 10:36 PM

Biter. I've also been known to pinch my split shot, those big *** salmon shot, with my teeth.

4Salt · 09-13-2001, 11:17 PM

I usually bite also, and I have the dentist bills to prove it! [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]

SailCat · 09-13-2001, 11:37 PM

Cagey-

Yes I have teeth, they are my own and I can prove it ....

I saved the receipts.

~MT

Phish_on · 09-13-2001, 11:38 PM

chronic biter ... trying hard to break that habit, these teeth aren't getting any newer.

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smilesforu · 09-13-2001, 11:47 PM

I was a biter for years [img]images/icons/rolleyes.gif[/img] The urge has been broken when my teeth starting to hurt when I did this act. I now clip when possible. I once dated a gal that was a biter...couldn't break her, so I had to find another. I even tried reminding her ...no teeth. [img]images/icons/shocked.gif[/img] To her credit she was good with the file.

SlabQuest · 09-14-2001, 06:41 AM

You guys better watch out biting those split shot. Have you seen the labels that are now on or with lead weights? "CAUTION - this product contains lead (duh, I hope so) which is known to cause blah, blah..............." [img]images/icons/rolleyes.gif[/img]

Carver_OR · 09-14-2001, 02:59 PM

I use to bite. My teeth have been worn down on one side and now I look like I'm smiling all the time. It's a hard habit to break...or bite.