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Originally Posted by stripadan
Breakaways for plugging and split rings and improved clinch for jigging. I have had too many snaps open from the fishes mouth when jigging, you get the fish in and the hooked end of snap is stuck in jig eye. Never lost a fish but gave up tempting fate.
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I started using the clips on jigs in the Canal last year and am still batting 1.000. And, I know guys with more than a few 30 and 40 pounders from the Canal, without clip failure. These are guys who fish 65# braid on All Star 1209s with 15 pounds of drag on the reel. I'm convinced. It's a clip--it can't open. And it's strong enough not to bend and straighten, even with all that pressure on it.
The clip is the least of my worries when a fish is peeling drag. Mostly, I worry about my leader. That's still the weak link between me and the fish.