Thanks for tips guys. Sand paper and alcohol are in the boat now and I'm going to try the other brands mentioned. I would like to get a bunch of the clips solo and rig up my own as I also have found that grabbing the ball or line is not near as easy for me as the release line.

Good luck to you all, and hope to see some of you down my way, North 11 and EB now that it's a Southern show.