Sampo snap swivel (45# rating) fails when running with the bulls

[MathGeek]

After having a couple eagle claw snap swivels fail under pressure last year, I paid the big bucks for a few dozen Sampo snap swivels this year. I got the ones rated at 45 lbs. With 30 lb power pro and 60 lb Ande Fluorocarbon, the 45 lb Sampo was the weak link in the chain and failed when I was fighting what was likely the biggest bull of my life. Given that it wanted to stay low in the water and we later landed two bull black drum, it was probably a black drum rather than a bull red that it failed on. I'm not sure what I'll buy in prep for next year, but snap swivels should not be the weak link. The nap swivel that failed was between the 4 ft long leader and the main line.