will never be used by me again if there is even a remote chance of a decent fish being caught.Had some unpredictable results with these last year after buying lots in both sizes.Convenient ;yes .Dependable;no way

Worked flawlessly for me. Maybe your catching too many big fish?

I like 'em. Send me any and all you wish to lose! Bring to Plugfest!

no problems here.. straightened out a couple of new mustad 3X strong trebles and a split ring ,, clips held great ..

will never be used by me again if there is even a remote chance of a decent fish being caught.Had some unpredictable results with these last year after buying lots in both sizes.Convenient ;yes .Dependable;no way

Come on now, I'm not buying this at all. The Angry Man uses them and I've never heard him mention any issues.

Seriously though, I have heard a few other reports of straightened clips but overall a lot of happy users.

I'm sticking to my Rosco Coastlocks though.

maybe you got a bad batch:huh:

No problems here....I swear by them!:cool:

I had one go bad, think it just lost it's tension.. Slip had some trouble with them too, I remember.
I still use them, just change them out a little more frequently.

I had read a few people had issues with fish being able to back the plug off the snap, when doing a head shake.
I like em and feel more confident w/ them over any other snaps Ive used

work fine for me. never had one straighten or break.

I, Personally , Love'em....I used them all last year.....Of course i don't catch large

I hate the damn things. I have a little secret clip of my own. :hihi:

Whether it be: Clips, Braid, Monos, hooks, split-rings, plugs, etc.

We all have are likes and dis-likes. What works for one, may not work for another. I basically like the breakaway clips and haven't noticed any problems (make sure you are using the clip correctly as you can easily tie it on upside down), but like the other components mentioned we all have are favorites.:claps:

I use the small ones with no prob.

love 'em.

i love them.

I had the problem Krispy mentioned with a decent fish getting the right angle and backing the plug eye out of the clip. Lost my last bomber in the best color ever made that way.The color was d/c long ago and now I am without....

Never used them - I figured without the lock they probably failed before one with a lock would.

I have had a few guys have them open up. For the amount of time they have used them they accept it.They claim that the other brands they were using would have opened up a lot more in the same amount of time. There is no perfect snap

At first I really didn't like them but in the end I found them to be the best for changing plugs when its cold and when you have gloves on.And most importantly when its dark.I also use the coastlocks just as much.

Now I do not like the duo-lok snaps at all.To many failures when I used them.

Give me the 100 lb. coastlock for dependability.

I make my own out of 7/0 tungsten wire.

-spence

I tie directly and never had a problem, it is just another link in the chain that could fail. If I do use a snap it is a 90 pound duro lock and I haven't had a problem yet.

I make my own out of 7/0 tungsten wire.

-spence
Are you serious? Any pics?

I guess they would open easy if your drag where to tight or hung up on something. They been good to me.

go to radio shack. Get yourself some shrink wrap tubing. Cut yourself a small section of the tube. get small diameter. slide tube onto clip as you would a lure. angled bend is on the bottom as you hold the clip. now shimmy that small piece of tube up around the bend at the top. after you clip a lure on shimmy the piece of tubing over the angled portion of the snap. Its just a bit of extra insurance. Personally I did lose a fish on a head shake with them and this will help reduce that. The thing with the clips is that you get soo used to them you dont swap them out often enough. I would never fish a coastlock type clip on two dif trips, but I had been with the breakaways, I guess I got a lil greedy. adding the piece of tubing to form a simple sliding lock and replacing frequently should reduce the fish lost to head shakes. In the fall when I was pretty set on what I was using, I would clip on my plug hold the clip with pliers and hit the shrink tubing with my lighter. The operation itself in type seems more complex than it actually is.

I have actually pull tested them on a plug with a triple ring and owner trebles, the ones I got came from England and they are not the weak link. 50# PP will break first. I like them. The are not as bulky as the coastlocks and stronger then the crosslocks.
it takes a nack to pyt a plug on in the dark with those...the first night you end up cursing them.

go to radio shack. Get yourself some shrink wrap tubing. Cut yourself a small section of the tube. get small diameter. slide tube onto clip as you would a lure. angled bend is on the bottom as you hold the clip. now shimmy that small piece of tube up around the bend at the top. after you clip a lure on shimmy the piece of tubing over the angled portion of the snap. Its just a bit of extra insurance. Personally I did lose a fish on a head shake with them and this will help reduce that. The thing with the clips is that you get soo used to them you dont swap them out often enough. I would never fish a coastlock type clip on two dif trips, but I had been with the breakaways, I guess I got a lil greedy. adding the piece of tubing to form a simple sliding lock and replacing frequently should reduce the fish lost to head shakes. In the fall when I was pretty set on what I was using, I would clip on my plug hold the clip with pliers and hit the shrink tubing with my lighter. The operation itself in type seems more complex than it actually is.


THAT'S a pissa idea Vic :btu:

I lost 2 pencil poppers in a row to fish one morning due to the clip, I could not believe my eyes when I saw the clip still on but no plug. I went and put splitrings on all my pencils because of that.
Now I wil get that tubing for extra insurance. thanks

THAT'S a pissa idea Vic :btu:

I lost 2 pencil poppers in a row to fish one morning due to the clip, I could not believe my eyes when I saw the clip still on but no plug. I went and put splitrings on all my pencils because of that.
Now I wil get that tubing for extra insurance. thanks

Just out of curiosity Slip was the clip fully intact and just missing the plug?

Only reason I ask is because last year I reeled in a fully intact clip and the plug was simply missing.

clip was fine and tied on correctly
it simply must have reversed direction with the back and forth pencil popping action and when the weight of the fish pulled, the wire loop on the plug went clean thru :( that's all I can think of.
Gary2 lost a moster in RI last year because of them, he won't use them anymore.

It was also a pencil I lost my plug on...curious.

I had the same experience as you, Slip. The way I figured it, the plug was dancin' so much, on one twitch, the plug rode up into the beginning of the clip. Intertia of the next twitch pulled it through.

I'm going to try that idea with the shrink tubing...seems like it might just be the trick!

Other than that, I love the clips....LOVE them!

I can envison when working a popper or active plug how it could ride up to the start of the snap then slid off but once you have a fish on I would think the tension is so great that if would not be able to ride up.


I would like to see a photo of this tubing you are talking about.

Must be the action of a pencil, which I guess isn't too different from a head shake. I lost a first time out pencil myself with those things. I fired them.

This is what it looks like. Not the best picture. It's basically black or colored tubing, like a straw, that, when heated, shrinks. It comes in every imaginable size and can be cut to length.

go to radio shack. Get yourself some shrink wrap tubing. Cut yourself a small section of the tube. get small diameter. slide tube onto clip as you would a lure. angled bend is on the bottom as you hold the clip. now shimmy that small piece of tube up around the bend at the top. after you clip a lure on shimmy the piece of tubing over the angled portion of the snap. Its just a bit of extra insurance. Personally I did lose a fish on a head shake with them and this will help reduce that. The thing with the clips is that you get soo used to them you dont swap them out often enough. I would never fish a coastlock type clip on two dif trips, but I had been with the breakaways, I guess I got a lil greedy. adding the piece of tubing to form a simple sliding lock and replacing frequently should reduce the fish lost to head shakes. In the fall when I was pretty set on what I was using, I would clip on my plug hold the clip with pliers and hit the shrink tubing with my lighter. The operation itself in type seems more complex than it actually is.

TT, once the lure is clipped into the breakaway w/ the shrunked tubing then how do you get lure off ?

Do yo cut the tubing or slide the tubing back over the bend that is if the tubing was not shrunked to much ?

vic, Im only hitting it with the lighter if Im locked into a lure. If Im still flipping through the rows in the bag, i ljust slide the tubing over the angled portion of the clip, I just kind of pull it over, I'm not hitting it with the lighter until I get the nod from the fish on whatever Im throwing, once I get the nod, I hit it with the lighter quick. Doesnt ttake much time at all to cut a few pieces of the tubing and set up a bunch of clips. If I'm thinking of cutting the tubing after its been shrunk, I cut the tube slide lure off clip, cut leader and start off fresh.

Glad to help slip, thats why we're here. :buds:

Used by some for covering points & barbs on plugs would work as well or even a crimp

On a few musky sites they have a snap that starts at 175# or there abouts...couldn`t copy pic but the hook end goes through a loop.
Probably kinda of big is my guess. I`m going to get a few in the smallest size to try.

I think they are called String ease?

Mike

:kewl: , I understand now.

THX

If you are going to go through all that stuff to be sure a clip will work, why not just tye a knot in it !!!!:hihi: :hihi: :hihi: :tm:

Its sounds like more than what it actually is. You're looking at typed out instuctions. I'm shooting for accuracy her :hihi: Takes just a couple seconds. Just about the same as fighting, a spro clip while taking waves to the face on a bar at a moon tide! GAWD I love it is it time yet!

Are you serious?
Not remotely. A clip made out of that would weigh about a pound!

-spence

I swear by the breakaway clips, just the thought of them makes me want to buy more in bulk. :hihi:

Surprisingly, the only thing I dont like about them is something not mentioned: When I'm walking down the beach(to avoid the crowds of course =)), The breakaway cannot be attached to a guide, at least not with ease, when a lure is off. In some situations, I dont like to show what I'm using so I have the plug off and the duolock is perfect for attaching the line nice and tight to the guide.

Surprisingly, the only thing I dont like about them is something not mentioned: When I'm walking down the beach(to avoid the crowds of course =)), The breakaway cannot be attached to a guide, at least not with ease, when a lure is off. In some situations, I dont like to show what I'm using so I have the plug off and the duolock is perfect for attaching the line nice and tight to the guide.

you don't have to attach the clip itself, just loop it thru the guide , then form a loop with the line and pass it onto the clip like you would a plug. take it off the same way in reverse, simple. ya just need 2 hands to do it.

Surprisingly, the only thing I dont like about them is something not mentioned: When I'm walking down the beach(to avoid the crowds of course =)), The breakaway cannot be attached to a guide, at least not with ease, when a lure is off. In some situations, I dont like to show what I'm using so I have the plug off and the duolock is perfect for attaching the line nice and tight to the guide.
I just attatch it to the line.

A strightened clip or hook is not the fault of the product if the product is of quality, whenever I straightened anything out it was my fault. Too much pressure, lack of patience etc, big fish on in a spot where I should have been using much Heavier gear. 99-9/10% of the time it's the andlers fault pure and simple.

A strightened clip or hook is not the fault of the product if the product is of quality, whenever I straightened anything out it was my fault. Too much pressure, lack of patience etc, big fish on in a spot where I should have been using much Heavier gear. 99-9/10% of the time it's the andlers fault pure and simple.


That's right. I've fished my entire life, and many of my buds say I fight a fish like an old lady. I could count on less than one hand all of the straightened hooks/snaps, though. Actually, you learn to fish locations and use techniques that present minimal potential for gear failure. With that said, I still like the coast lock snaps best as they are easier to work with IMO.