Where can I buy a crimping pliers for making leaders?

[bobber_down_1979]

I need a decent crimping pliers for crimping those metal sleeves you buy to make leaders. The only place I could think of as far as fishing stores was Throne Bros, and they are sold out and don't know when they will get more in. Know of any other places? Can I get one that will work OK at a home improvement place like Home Depot?

[reinhard1]

i seen them in fleet farm in the section were you buy bulk beads, blades ect. i would think any hardware store would have them as well. good luck.

[BD110]

I'm sure I found mine at Mills or Gander. They were right next to the packs of sleeves and leader line you would want to use them on. I can go tare into my stuff and get you a brand name if you would like.

[bobber_down_1979]

Yah any help would be good. The problem is I have never bought one before and am not sure if there is a ceratain style or if any multi tool plier with crimper will work. I called gander and they said that they had only a berkly brand multi tool with crimper, but don't know if that product will be OK for making big pike and muskie sized leaders.

[Great Outdoors]

Go to any hardware store and buy a GOOD wire crimping tool which will be in the electrical section and might cost as much as $20. You won't be sorry for investing in quality.

[bobber_down_1979]

I did some searching online and found that I might want to consider a crimper that will crimp what is called double barrel sleeves. Can I get a double barrel tool at any hardware store?

[BD110]

You don't need a multi tool and you don't need to spend $20.00 dollars. The sleeves I bought are Berkley Brand the wire leader material I bought is Berkley brand and the crimpers that were right next to each of them was Berkley brand.

The Berkley crimpers I bought are made in the old country (Taiwan) The are thin and compact and fit very well into my soft side tackle box system. You could spend the extra money if you would like and you would certainly have quality on your side. I'm thinking you will not be making enough leaders each year to have to worry about extra quality.

Hopefully you now have enough information to make your choice. Good luck and good fishing!!!

[Ed Carlson]

The Berkley crimpers run $8, and are ok, not great.

If you already have the newer Rapala pliers, they have very good crimps built into them already.

A set of the new Black Rapala fishing tool pliers may be a wiser all around investment and they do the job very well on leader crimps.

[TSchultz]

Depends on what you want to do. If your making light leaders for ice fishing then the cheapo jobbies will work.

If you plan on making heavier muskie/pike leaders in the summer than you will definitely want a quality heavy duty saltwater crimper for sleaves and double barrel crimps. Using an inferior crimper is the number one reason why people have failures, which leaves a bad taste in their mouth about using any crimps. If your not going to spend the money on a good crimper you will be much further ahead buying pre-made quality leaders.