IC Grabber Clips – “Hackle Pliers”

[Neal Osborn]

People often ask/wonder where to get those little hackle pliers that the fly tiers use at shows.  You know the little black/red clamps that are also used to hold flies and mount flies for show.  It can be pretty hard to find these if you don’t know what they are called.  By the way, these make perfect hackle pliers, especially on little English/Wet fles.

Name: Pomona IC Grabber, IC Grabber Test Clips, IC Clips, or simply Minigrabber Test Clips.

Here are some links, they are only $1 each on ebay (great deal).

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=350071849142&ru=http%3A%2F%2Fsearch.ebay.com%3A80%2Fsearch%2Fsearch.dll%3Ffrom%3DR40%26_trksid%3Dm37%26satitle%3D350071849142%26category0%3D%26fvi%3D1

[dusty montgomery]

Neal,
I bought all of mine at Radioshack. I am sure they came out to more than $1.00 each, but I did not have to pay for shipping either.

[Neal Osborn]

That’s great, Dusty.

[mark s]

I take it these are designed to grab little wires or something in electronics?

[andrew brown]

Hook style test clips, is the common, non-branded name.

[barry evans]

Hey Guys
In the field, we used to call them “booger pickers”. (lol)

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