the breakage has to do with the actual body breaking, not a problem with the split rings or the hooks. take a look at a mambo that is transparent. the hook hangers only go into the plug 1/4" at most! i had a pile of mambos without hook hanger building up until i found a replacement for the niche they fill. i have lost far too many quality fish to those plugs to continue throwing them! (unless i'm throwing them in the trash!) i have one black and purple somebody gave me last year. if i can find it, it's yours ragfly. just don't expect it to hold up to anything better than a schoolie.
