Life expectancy continued ......

[BobC]

Lesson learned. That eye did look a little rough.
Bob

[CRAPPIE60]

I would think that the drag on the reel should have been a tad bit looser.But I cannot point fingers because I usually don't retie until I break off.But my problem is just laziness.

[Ketchn]

I would think that the drag on the reel should have been a tad bit looser.But I cannot point fingers because I usually don't retie until I break off.But my problem is just laziness.

almost NEVER have drag issues , I am super fast at realizing that issue well before a fish can take advantage of my mistakes
but I also run drag checks WAY more than the average bear and for sure do it before ANY hook hits the water ....
the problem was elsewhere , it wasn't actually an operator issue ,,,,,or at least that is what my crew always tells me

[Ketchn]

Lesson learned. That eye did look a little rough.
Bob

look closer bro , the eye was rough , but why was it rough is the question .....it wasn't rust even though rust never sleeps

[Ketchn]

The hook eye looks rusty or maybe sharp edge from paint job. Bronze hooks are the first to rust.

BINGO , bad paint job and worser job of cleaning it off before it came to me ....
baked on paint jobs that cover the eyelet of a jig and then get kinda halfway cleaned up create a HACKSAW that will eat MONO like its warm butter under a hot knife ....
seen it sometimes BEFORE I tie it on and other times I see it a photo capture from the fish before it went away ....
old eyes and no glasses make it a problem , so BUYER BEWARE , some of them folks making jigs ain't as good as others doing it .....silly me thinking they was a deal at the price she wanted for them, right .....

[Ketchn]

Darn darn darn. That was a prudy jig too. Better to have caught some then lose first drop. Probably a 10# crappie has it now.

she did tie it up to my EXACT specifications , gave her one to replicate , bought a box full cheap back when ....
bought out of them now thank you , they are the reason god created braid though .....that way you can ketch number 3 and possibly 4 before the crappy paint job cuts your line .....