I don’t think I’ve ever lost a lure using a cross lock.
I’ve lost two or three using the fastach. This happened when I was lazy and lifted little pike out of the water by the leader and they shook and somehow twisted the lure around the clip. Pretty rare though.
I’ve caught a few thousand fish over the last couple of years using leaders I made with cross lock and fastach snaps on fluorocarbon leader material. During that time I’ve maybe lost 6-7 lures due to the following:
-2 lost when little pike twisted out of the fastach. My fault for being lazy picking them up.
-2 fluorocarbon bite throughs on 50lb leaders
-2 breaks on 80-100 fluorocarbon when it was obviously nicked up and I ignored it. My fault.
-1 barrel swivel broke. Was using cheap swivels that weren’t rated high enough.
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