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was tip up fishing today and bought lakco brand double trouble tip up leader.. its the one with 2 trebles and blades above the hook.. anyways had a real nice pike on. played him for about 10 min. saw him at bootom of hole had to be 40inch 20lbs+ then he was gone .. so yeah i look at the leader rig and the crimp let loose letting the treble slide off with my pike...[PoorWordUsage] just put it on before i headded out... should i right the company? im returning the the other 6 i bought.. anyone else have this happen.. how do u make your own.. im really not smilin about loosing that fish to poor manufacturing.. the package sais sure to hold any fish... my arrrssss

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i just emailed the company.. lets see what they say. i was going to use them on low in march when i go up for a week,,, but i think it may not be a good idea... im still mad..i have let it get to me since i got home.. sad thing is before i lost the big one my buddy and i caught 3 other pike on wax worms biggest was 9lbs .. all on 4lb test.. doesnt say alot about a 40lb leader that cant hold 20lbs

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best way to go make your own! All bought rigs i've seen only run the leader through crimps twice. but on my quick stikes I run the leader through the crimp three times, twice will make the loop on end and then third time is the tag end of leader folded back and tucked into the crimp. have not had one fail yet. 30lb. coated leader by berkley. After a week on LOW coating is gone and wire is bent and frayed, but no problem with crimps!

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hate to say it but tackle failure is always over the shoulder. dosent matter if you buy the most expensive equipment, its just a matter of time. i use florocarben leaders for musky fishing and havnt been failed by the crimps on the leader but reels, rods, line, moters,ext. as for quick strike rigs ive used many, never been failed by a crimp yet.

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I always would write the company when their product isn't meeting the stated needs. I have had really good luck in writing companies and I am now in current discussion with a company about a faulty part they put in that ended up costing me over $3,000. Every company should back up their products and should take ownership if something goes wrong. Good luck with the e-mail and I hope they will back up their product and make their customer happy.

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Same thing happened to me last year with a crimp failing just as I got a larger northern's head up the hole. I don't remember the brand right now, but I had bought three of them and the other two were fine. I did check the crimps before I used them, though.

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Hey Stealth,

What a bummer! Anyway you slice it loosing a fish of a lifetime always sucks and even more when you have a piece of equipment fail.

We at Bigtooth Tackle know that things like this happen but fortunately it hasn't been a problem for us. Just like you, Josh and I are just guys who love to catch fish and we know the pain you are feeling by watching a monster fish swim away before you can get your hands on her.

Since we know how you feel we would like to ease your pain by sending you one of our new Bigtooth Tackle Fluoro-Carbon HD "Natural" Rigs. These bad boys are tough!

Send us an email at [email protected]

Also thanks guys for all the awesome comments, there is nothing that makes us happier, then to hear you guys are having success with our Quick Strike Rigs. That's what this is suppose to be about, right?

Good Luck Fishing!

Jeff and Josh

Bigtooth Tackle Company

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thanks big tooth!! i emailed u guys last night and got a response this morining.. dont know if it was you.. but i mentioned i was looking for about 10 rigs.. after i return these other ones i bought.. i dont know if i should say the company name or not? ill email u again with my address.. thanks a ton

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Bigtooth,

Great response to your product not meeting expectations of your customers. I will be looking for your products and will purchase some. I love it when companies take care of their customers when something doesn't work like it should. We all work very hard for our money and we should have confidence in the products that we spend that money on.

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Bigtooth,

Great response to your product not meeting expectations of your customers. I will be looking for your products and will purchase some. I love it when companies take care of their customers when something doesn't work like it should. We all work very hard for our money and we should have confidence in the products that we spend that money on.

Thanks Bassman! I thought this might happen but it actually wasn't our product that failed. We have a lot of guys on this forum that use Bigtooth Tackle and I came across this post. I was bummed to see that Stealth had lost a monster (using another companies product) and thought we could try and help ease that pain of loosing a big fish.

Just a friendly gesture from one fisherman to the next!!!

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Now thats customer service in its finest. Offering to make right a product from a different company. You just got another customer. Knowing that if i ever have an issue with one of your products that you will take care of it means more than money to me. Thank you and keep up the good work.

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Thanks Bassman! I thought this might happen but it actually wasn't our product that failed. We have a lot of guys on this forum that use Bigtooth Tackle and I came across this post. I was bummed to see that Stealth had lost a monster (using another companies product) and thought we could try and help ease that pain of loosing a big fish.

Just a friendly gesture from one fisherman to the next!!!

I've never been too picky buying my QS rigs, but I can tell you after reading this thread mine will be a Bigtooth product. Thank you very much for your participation and dedication to the consumers!!

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