Preface- I am not making any definitive statement about a product or a conclusion about the cause of the phenomena discussed below
Last night I lost 2 northbars. The first one fell to a fish that was up on the edge of the rocks. I grabbed the 40lb big game leader, the fish thrashed (20-22lb fish), mono cut at the snap and off the fish went with my bdarter.
About an hour later, I was wading and casting in a different locale around hightide. My plug caught some weeds behind me. There was slight resistance as I cast forward. The plug went flying off (well about 20 feet in front of me into the current). I have had much worse snags without a break. The leader again was sliced right at the snap. It looks like a serrated knife went through it on an angle.
It could be bad mono, although the leaders were tied last week and the mono stored in a cabinet. However it is my first time using the TA clips and I wondered if the angled bend could slice the leader under sudden pressure from a thrash or snag. Anyone ever experience something similar? Weird
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