I'm with ya on the one piece! I use it on both sand and grass, however if I'm going to be anchoring in a rocky area I always connect the end of the chain to the head of the anchor (for lack of a better word), the fluke end and use large tie wraps to attach a link of the chain to the main anchor connection. I noticed looking at a Google search the anchor is recommended by one of the "TV fishing show Captains", and they had it set up this way at the beginning of the video, just in case you hang up on a rock. No matter what, lots of chain is your friend. Plus I liked the part of the video where the sweet young lady was throwing the anchor off the boat....almost makes it worth the price!