Tim,

The blade is durable, I'm not saying it can't be bent but as far as running it into tree's and docks, your good.  It comes through the grass very very well and it swims true regardless of how fast you swim it. Hope that answers your questions.

is there no weed guard? 

I really dont get it.  What is it supposed to do?  I cant see the advantage of the little spinner blade over a chatter style blade.  It reminds me of those old pre-rigged Creme worms with the spinners in front.

Guys,
 I've been fishing this bait on 65 lb braid since I received the prototypes, I didnt want to lose em! I've fished them around brush piles, through bushes, hydrilla, docks, rocks, and reeds. I've yet to bend a blade and I have put them in places they arent supposed to go. I've hung them in the rocks and brushpiles a few times bouncing them off the bottom and been pretty rough pulling and jerking to get them free, still no bent blades. I'm not saying they wont bend, just that I havent experienced that personally and I've made several 100 casts in both open water and in the junk. Weed grabbers?? I didnt have any issue fishing grass lines at Fork, IMHO it picked up a bit less grass than a regular swim jig does for me in the same application. I'll be at Squaw this weekend doing my very best to tear this bait up, in the event I bend a blade I'll dang sure get on here and let yall know. Andi and Ivan asked me to put this bait through the ringer, thats what I intend on continuing to do.

We're getting lots of great feedback from folks who have used the Yana, and it's already played a role in some great tournament finishes. In in less than two weeks of availability through Tackle Warehouse, it's already in the hands of well over 1000 anglers! 12 days... 1760 units... average 146 per day. It's absolutely Yana-tizing!