WARREN WOLK wrote:
Fall apart? How could a chatterbait fall apart? It's all metal...

Not on the real deal, but on some of the copies (most use a split ring
to connect the blade to a 'flat eye' jig hook, but some attach the blade
directly to the hook eye by opening it a hair before putting it in the
jig mold. The real chatter bait uses a small wire link molded into the
head. The copoes (at least none that I know of) don't. They are either
the split ring variation or the 'pried open hook' variation. The latter
is very prone to failure. Try and open, then reclose the tying eye on a
dozen jig head, then see how many of them break with very little stress.