Never say never--what do you use to cut a hook?

[Fish30114]

Well, I like several lures that have treble hooks, and am always careful when extracting them from fish, but the 3 lb LM I caught today got me! A fierce head thrashing despite a really good grip by me on him, drove the forward treble hook on a Rattletrap through my thumb. DAMN IT BOY!

It was a chore getting the fish off first--all three of the points on the rear treble were in his mouth at various points....I carry the Rapala Carbide Pro pliars, and a pair of Able's as well in my pack, well getting to the hook to cut it--had to push it through the rest of the way to get past the barb--was a real PITA, and with the Rapala's the cutter in the base of the jaws wouldn't cut the hook--brand new KVD treble by the way--and the Ables were simply too thick to get down to the curve in the hook to the cutters on those pliars....so...

Question is: What do you guys use to cut a HOOK when you need to? I'm figuring on putting some Klein sidecutters in my pack (and a backup pair in the truck) but just thought I'd ask...curiously enough, I was finally able to cut the hook with the smaller size pair of Carbide Pro pliars from Rapala that I had in my truck--the jaws are replaceable in those pliars, so I was hoping to find some new cutters for my larger pair--but that is a wild goose chase! At any rate, hope this never happens to anyone else--it isn't fun, like one of my friends says though, 'If your gonna be stupid, you better be tough!!'