Dont they cut through the leader alot?
Choice lookin flies!! Have you had a chance to chuck em yet?
First trip out to chuck them my brand new 8wt snapped on the first fish I set the hook on.
Sounds like a defect... Have you tries a strip strike for setting your hooks? I find it a MUCH better way to go and you don't pull the fly away from the fish if they miss!
So you jerk the rod up to set the hook? I don't lift the rod until the fish is hooked... But if the rod was defective it would still break.