For heavy-weight tuna rigs, shark traces, and specimen saltwater setups, the AFW looping pliers are a very solid rigging tool because they create clean, repeatable loops in heavy single-strand wire and rigging wire without flattening the material. The stainless box-joint construction also stands up well to offshore and saltwater use.
These are particularly useful for:
Tuna wind-on leaders
Shark traces
Heavy mono-to-wire connections
Single strand and multi-strand cable rigs
Big game stinger rigs
Offshore lure rigging
AFW’s stepped nose design gives three loop sizes, which is ideal when building different diameter rigs for tuna, GT, shark, or large specimen species. The pliers are rated for tough wire work and can handle memory wire better than standard round-nose pliers
