Originally Posted by Jonezee
There was a fellow last year who lost his life from biting off a bit of nylon leader with his teeth and ingesting some bacteria from the river he was fishing in. I won't go into detail, the person and place is not as important as what happened to him in the end. All people have different tolerances and more than likely this is a very rare case and most people probably would have merely gotten very ill rather than the alternative that happened to this experienced long time fisherman. I have for years bitten the leader off....I now use the trusty nail clipper instead. I guess you could call me lucky?