Breakaways,Fastlocks

[doktorfaustus77]

I love breakaway clips. My only suspicion is that maybe picky fish may shy away from it. Probably not though with all the other stuff like trebels dangling. I haven't had any fail but haven't caught any monsters with them either.

[DZ]

Interesting NIB. I needed some #34 Coastlock snaps and went to a well stocked local shop - they didn't have any. I asked if they were on order and the young kid at the counter asked me "Why would you use them? He tried to sell me some of the new snaps and Crosslocks. I told him to forget it and I would mail order them. Looks like the next generation of casters has no idea that Coastlocks have been the snap of choice for many, many years. I'm all for personal preference but quality stands the test of time.

DZ

[Pete_G]

I ran out of my personal stash of several year old 34's this spring and bought a fresh gross of them and since spring I've had 3 complete failures with the #34 Coastlocks after years of almost flawless service. Came back as pretzels just from the hook set. In my opinion the current batch might not be the same quality as the old stuff and I had friends who also had unexplained failures so it's not just me at this point.

I've converted to Breakaways for the time being and have been very happy. No failures over several months. No pop offs either but as Tagger said, one slide off of a plug and I'll just start using a loop knot even though I really prefer a snap.

Be careful with the new ones DZ, I'm not sure what to make of them at this point....

I've got them on the shelves but I personally don't recommend them anymore.

[DZ]

Originally Posted by Pete_G

Be careful with the new ones DZ, I'm not sure what to make of them at this point....

I've got them on the shelves but I personally don't recommend them anymore.

Pete - Thanks for the heads up. Are they Rosco/Sampo Coastlocks that are failing?

DZ

[Pete_G]

Originally Posted by DZ

Pete - Thanks for the heads up. Are they Rosco/Sampo Coastlocks that are failing?

DZ

Yeah, genuine Rosco/Sampo. I have busted a couple over the years which I attribute more to being lazy and opening and closing one too many times without changing but the fact I broke several over a few months after starting on a new box of them is what has made me suspicious. Then a few others had issues too. Parting with a Hab's Pencil was the last straw for me and I jumped ship from the Rosco's to Breakaway.

They look and feel in every possible way like older ones so it could just be bad luck or a random bad batch that we received , but I really don't know.