slider rig vs. snafu

[Togman316]

When I started fishing with two hooks I always used the slider rig. Last year while in Md, I landed a nice 12lb tog. The next two baits I dropped I hooked fish of equal size or possibly larger. The fish broke me off and when I looked where the leader broke it was about an inch up from my snell. This happened twice. The captain told me that when you hook large fish on the slider hook it puts a kink in the line and you lose many large fish. Since then I have only used the snafu. I find I get hung up a little more but it is a much stronger rig. Anyone ever have this issue? Thoughts? Oh yeah...the leader that broke was 60lb suffix leader material.