welcome sini

I heard good things about your fishing prowess also
Like Karl said, stuff happens to plugs.
Different batches sometimes get different results.
sini, some earlier batches of saltys plugs had a few issues with eyes coming off due to bad batch of glue, the issue was resolved. just stick some new eyes on or fish them blind, they'll still work.
kingr, maybe you got an early model or something. Did you try
striperman3@aol.com email? good luck