How Big a Fish Can You Catch With a Box Wrench?

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Here’s a new and very unexpected twist on the old proverb “give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.” Mechanic Ryan Hein says “most mechanics understand that you don’t use a number 11 (wrench) for anything,” so he decided to put his unwanted / unused tool to good use. So what did he do? Hein made it into a fishing lure, of course, and then he caught a 400 lb. grouper with it. Now the adage goes: “give a man a fish and he’ll eat for a day; give him a number 11 box wrench and he’ll eat for a lifetime” or, something like that…

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About the Author

Chris Ermides

Before joining Tools of the Trade as an editor, Chris Ermides was a project manager for a custom home builder, a carpenter and remodeler. These days when he’s not writing or editing, he’s testing tools as he renovates his 1850 farmhouse in upstate New York.

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