drennon traces

had a few hours on the river using surface lures yesterday ( had 3 nice mid to high singles ) but was upset by TWO of the brand new drennon spin traces i bought yesterday braking at the lure clip when hit by a fish.
not only did this result in two expensive lures being lost , the pike may still have the lure attached!
i was wondering if anyone else has had issues with these traces as once could be a fluke but twice in one day must be poor product / workmanship.

I have used the Drennon wire to make my own but have not tried their ready made ones..

are the clips still the hook and eye type?

if so just take them off and stick a cross lock on the drennan clips are ok for lead links but thats about it

yes the are the hook and eye and my mate has had the same thing with these traces - last purchase for me !

i dont use ready made traces of any kind, although i did have alot of breakages which i put down to a bad batch with the last spool of drennan 7 strand 20lb b/s that i had.... i've now gone onto fox easy twist in 30lb b/s and i'm yet to have any problems.... it seems to withstand more punishment from the pike too (meaning it kinks alot less and i get more pike from one trace). all in all i think its a much better wire than even the best drennan that i've used.
if you need help making your own traces i'll gladly show you mate

Crap snap-links. Who knows why anyone would put these bits of nonsense on a pike lure. Make your own traces with good cross-loks or something of that ilk. that way, you can be positive knowing the traces have been made to your standards.

....andy....

Agree with you there Andy.

I use a cross lock type connection and never had one go on me yet. Other types never fill me with any confidence and have lost lures and some fish until I changed over.