from 06 reveiws thread...
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Originally Posted by nightprowler
careful with these....I lost a nice fish during the mv derby when I had one deform and open on me. 
I used them at the end of my braid and connected the leader to them so i didn't have to cut the braid as often...when hunting large, i will NEVER use them again.
it was a nice fish  |
Sounds like it could be a combination of things, maybe exacerbated by tying direct to braid. Did it fail where the braid was tied? Possibly the knot slid up the bar ( or whatever you'd call it where a lure would slide on ). I imagine that the leverage it would provide combined with the lack of stretch and force a big fish caused it to bend. Guess it could happen on the mono end the same way. Otherwise, unless there was a manufacturing defect, 80 or 100lb breaking strength should certainly outlast the line, hooks, etc.
I have only ever used them on the end of a mono leader and attached a lure to them. The lure has pretty much always stayed in the bend. I can't see how it would fail that way, but who knows... I find enough ways of losing big fish as it is...