why so many salmon are lost on paddles

[Lucky D]

I was reading fishing posts ant wondering why salmon seen to be able to not stay hooked on a cutbait rig and paddle,Are they possibly grabbing a teaser instead of the meat.

 

[Silver Fox]

I don’t think it’s a widespread issue. My flasher bites this summer have been pretty solid. Today had a paddle/meat rig on a 350 copper that maybe went 5 times and lost one due to bites off and a paddle/fly on a diver that went maybe 7 times and I can’t remember if we even lost one on that. 
Now I just jinxed myself for the morning…..