Author Topic: Losing your hemostats (Read 20693 times)

Van_Cleaver · « **on:** Jan 22, 2013, 10:12 PM »

Ever put down your hemostats in the heat of battle and then forget where, or just not be able to find them? I heated the handle portion of mine and dipped them in some powder paint, yellow chartreuse. Probably not the first to do it, but they do jump out at you now.

rags · « **Reply #1 on:** Jan 23, 2013, 06:54 AM »

I clamp mine right on my jacket or shirt

Van_Cleaver · « **Reply #2 on:** Jan 23, 2013, 03:11 PM »

I clamp mine on my jacket as well. However when you're jigging up fish, flags are flying etc., it is easy to unhook a fish and leave in on the ice if you get distracted.

Swift · « **Reply #3 on:** Jan 23, 2013, 03:38 PM »

Hit a fly fishing shop, Cabelas, BPS, whatever and get a Pin On Retractor, ~$4. Handy and it's not going to be left anywhere. Lots of nice little gadgets for the ice in the fly fishing area

Buschfisher · « **Reply #4 on:** Jan 25, 2013, 05:54 PM »

I use a retractor hooked to a caribeaner along with a pair of nail clippers for cutting line and a bottle opener and I hook it on my bib overalls and it works great.

slipperybob · « **Reply #5 on:** Jan 31, 2013, 07:51 PM »

I stick mine into the boot laces...

ICE MAN DAN · « **Reply #6 on:** Jan 31, 2013, 08:08 PM »

i put a floaty thing on mine like the kind you put on your boat key ring it helps if they fall into the hole!

gunn308 · « **Reply #7 on:** Feb 05, 2013, 10:57 PM »

I tie about 2' of cord to mine then tie them to a belt loop or my pack basket.

danakaiggy · « **Reply #8 on:** Feb 05, 2013, 11:06 PM »

I got mad a threw mine the other day!!!!!! My friend thought it would be funny to put them real close to the heater and hand them to me with his gloves on. If the hole was bigger he would have been swimming. And he had the guts/##### to ask why I wont call and take him fishing again. Beer and some people don't mix.......

thegeorgeone · « **Reply #9 on:** Feb 05, 2013, 11:26 PM »

I either clip them on my coat/shirt or on my hat. They can get a little annoying on your hat if they are a heavier pair, but by the same token you never forget where you put them.

Maizen · « **Reply #10 on:** Feb 10, 2013, 08:06 PM »

I am a surgical technologist so stats are free for me when they won't lock but i know how to fix them i lock then up on the lanyard i keep my clippers on

wolverine · « **Reply #11 on:** Feb 11, 2013, 12:03 PM »

Use a clip on retractor for mine, always there and handy.

HUNTnFISHSD · « **Reply #12 on:** Feb 11, 2013, 08:50 PM »

I almost lost mine but luckily I found them.

roostertail · « **Reply #13 on:** Feb 15, 2013, 04:03 PM »

Mine are on a lanyard along with a fingernail clipper, jig eye buster, plumb weight for setting slip bobbers, and a light for charging glow lures and jigs.

toofuss · « **Reply #14 on:** Feb 21, 2013, 04:09 PM »

I have a pair coiled to my shack, a pair in my bootlaces, another on my bucket boss, and usually another on my hood strings lol. But I'm a panfish guy so they come in really handy.

PabstBlueRibbon · « **Reply #15 on:** Mar 10, 2013, 07:40 AM »

hooked a big walleye and couldent get the hook out with the hemostats set them down and when i was just getting ready to get out of my shanty to throw it on the ice i kicked mine on accident and they went right down the hole

mr tip up · « **Reply #16 on:** Mar 13, 2013, 08:44 PM »

taking gloves out of pocket hemostats right down the hole

AugustWest · « **Reply #17 on:** Mar 17, 2013, 12:15 AM »

I keep mine clipped to my jacket or to the inside of my Fish Trap ceiling...
AW

bart · « **Reply #18 on:** Sep 01, 2013, 08:21 AM »

Quote from: AugustWest on Mar 17, 2013, 12:15 AM

I keep mine clipped to my jacket or to the inside of my Fish Trap ceiling...
AW

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Duke M · « **Reply #19 on:** Oct 23, 2013, 09:00 AM »

After I learned how to braid a lanyard for my duck and goose calls I braided up a pair for my wife and I out of yellow and black, and yellow and blaze orange para-cord. I keep my hemostat, clipper, and lure charging light on it. I did hers in a round braid and mine with a flat braid.

Duke

ryno · « **Reply #20 on:** Nov 02, 2013, 10:12 PM »

I dip mine in red, blue or yellow plastic dip. I also do the gripping part so that they don't chip paint off my jigs.

trapster · « **Reply #21 on:** Nov 05, 2013, 02:24 PM »

Mine get clipped on to the left upper pocket flap on my suit.

jumbo chaser · « **Reply #22 on:** Nov 05, 2013, 03:22 PM »

x2 mine clipped to suit

da man cave shack · « **Reply #23 on:** Nov 15, 2013, 10:13 PM »

I just bought multiple pairs and put them every where.

Quantumn · « **Reply #24 on:** Nov 19, 2013, 04:58 PM »

Quote from: ICE MAN DAN on Jan 31, 2013, 08:08 PM

i put a floaty thing on mine like the kind you put on your boat key ring it helps if they fall into the hole!

Same here, I have more issues of them falling down the hole than being misplaced. Floaty is always a bright color in case they get dropped in the snow. The stats might sink in snow, but the floaty tends to keep them towards the surface for easy locating.

Buschfisher · « **Reply #25 on:** Dec 31, 2013, 06:09 AM »

I use a retractor that clips on bibs and then they are always right there and theres no way to loose them

1moslab · « **Reply #26 on:** Dec 31, 2013, 12:24 PM »

I don't know how many pairs I have lost with them coming unclipped from my jacket might have to go to the fly fishing section.to bad the fish don't come out of the holes as as easy as everything goes in them

joefishmore · « **Reply #27 on:** Dec 31, 2013, 05:58 PM »

Some hemostats are pretty flimsy, whats your favorite brand ?

Kevin23 · « **Reply #28 on:** Dec 31, 2013, 10:20 PM »

Quote from: joefishmore on Dec 31, 2013, 05:58 PM

Some hemostats are pretty flimsy, whats your favorite brand ?

The cheapest ones I can find on ebay in a lot of 6-12.

I clip mine to the pocket flap of my bibs. Easy to reach and they get clipped right back when done.

fishing4u2 · « **Reply #29 on:** Jan 01, 2014, 11:03 PM »

As a rightie, I have my lightest pair of hemos on a retractor, which is clipped onto the left chest pocket's zipper fob. I then keep a magnet segment clip-attached to my left-side hood cord (micro-bungee material). It holds the business end of the tool. When I need the hemos, my right hand automatically reaches to what would be the position of my left lappel (if I had a suit on, that is), and there always finds the finger rings hanging there, without looking.

Here's the slick part: the tips or jaws of the steel hemos are held to the magnet WITHOUT any need to lock them, which means I DON'T HAVE TO UNLOCK THEM prior to use... its simple grab and go, with or without gloves. One less thing works, plus from time to time some item (say, a jig) that does fall into a harder to reach nook or cranny, or even drops down a hole; if ferric metal it can be recovered without too much time or trouble using the jig pole, magnet, and if needed of course, the fishing line. Sometimes recovering a favorite item is more fun than icing another fish, especially for a pal.

I don't know what exactly they are called, but a related locking surgical tool might be a tissue clamp. The tips are narrowly pointed and double curved out and then meet back together neatly to effectively form a loop, sort of like the jaws of say, an earwhig. This small tool comes in handy for lots of things, but acts as a mini boga-grip on the jaws of any fish... big, small, toothy, smooth, whatever. Allows minimal handling of wet and slippery fish, keeping hands, gloves warm, dry, and clean, with no transfer to rod handles, etc. if you need a perch eye, this'll serve well. Again, they just work.

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Author Topic: Losing your hemostats (Read 20693 times)