...and I'm not talking about the paint chipping off, as that doesn't really bother me. You should see the hard plastic head on my "original" Castaic ! Hardly any paint left, but its still sticking fish !

What I'm talking about is that you will notice on many of the big wooden lures such as the MS Slammer, the eyelet on the nose of the lure, as well as the eyelets where the split rings for the hooks attach, are simply large woodscrews ! I guess if nobody has ever lost a fish due to one of these pulling out, in the history of this design, then it would be a moot point....... but has this ever happenned to any of you ? I can imagine that new and and in good condition they would be much stronger than the pressure put on them during a normal battle. But what if you acidentally bang the thing into a rock, or a dock, or a tree (which I think is inevitable if you throw the thing enough) and the screw is loosened ?

Is this a real concern ???

Fish