The other day I was using a 9" Castaic "Quick Snap" trout when the soft portion of the bait came completely off the hard portion. I looked at the hard (front) part of the bait and the two knobs that keep the soft part on broke off. So even if I bought another soft portion the bait is unusable. It was only my second time to use the lure. I wrote Castaic off of their website and have yet to receive a response. Am I completely out of luck? Someone on another website said to throw it away and buy a Hudd..... Might just do that.