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Originally Posted by Mike P
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.
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I agree, just got in the habit of split rings long before breakaways were around. All my jigs are already rigged with rings so I just haven't tried the breakaways jigging. Funny, I just got off the phone with a buddy and we had this same conversation.
I'm waiting for Flaptail to tell how he uses the breakaways, and he has no problems with them.