Urban, For a second there I thought you might have a valid point. So here is what I did. I tied the bait to my rod on 30lb X Rated Triple Fish line. Then I tied some line to that stinger loop and tied the end of that line to the ball on my truck. If it's going to tear or break it will break this way. I yanked on that bait till i was blue in the face and not only did it hold but there was no tear?? Now if it wasn't a direct link to the hook you would have a problem but it's a straight shot from the wire to the stinger harness and it's not going anywhere as far as I can tell. This bait is a pretty good bit harder than a Hudd. Now to try it on fishies and see what they say.

Mike :+