Damn Paper Clips

[cow tamer]

I've been checking my clips regularly. If I notice any sign of them starting to spread, I change them. I reason that if they start to go on easier, the same holds true coming off.

[JohnnySaxatilis]

Lost a ghostescent stick shadd like that last year. Pissed I was

[DZ]

It was a brand new clip - it didn't bend, no signs of wear. Fish just must have been hooked in a way that allowed the plug's connection to slide out of the snap. I realize that terminal tackle failure is bound to happen from time to time - its happened to me (and many others) in the past even with Coastlock snaps, barrel swivels, etc. It's part of what we do and we try to minimize it. But when a plug just slips off a snap without catastrophic failure (straightening) that's a problem and I'm kicking myself for using them for the sake of convenience.

[Slipknot]

It's happened to me with pencils twice in a row, too stupid to change the clip after losing the first pencil to a fish.

I think it is from the right combination of things if the clip is new and tight, the way the leader is knotted, how the plug is hooked in the fish

sometimes the fish just win

but you are right, easy on, easy off

never had it happen to a jig

[wader-dad]

I have been using this clip for years and never had it open- and you can use with split rings on the eye of the plug.

First got them at Pat Abate's shop. Much stronger than other clips I tried.

But I have lost big fish for other failures- mostly my brain- but not the clip.

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[rphud]

Can't say I've ever seen a Breakaway, but I would not want to run into the fish in a dark alley that does in a TA. I think you need opposable thumbs to get anything off of them. Not totally easy on or off since the gap is just about the same size as the wire loops going through the gap.

[piemma]

Ok so I know I am old school. I tie direct to the shock leader. Improved Clinch knot with a overhand knot for insurance.