I'll tell you one quick story. My buddy are slinging bucktails on a cloudy day in Dec. many years ago back when there were schools of big fish roaming. We hadn't had a bite all day when I cast near shore and hang up on a stump. I had to break off and before I could re tie, my buddy sets the hook. He is using lite tackle(big mistake) and can't stop it. It gets off. He casts to the same spot on his next cast and hooks up again. Big fish! He cant stop it either and if finally pulls off. He casts to the same spot again and hooks up again. Big fish again and this time it breaks him off. He picks up his regular striper rig with a bucktail and fires it out to the same spot. Hooks up again and lands a 17 lber. Four casts and four hookups. This entire time I don't even have a lure tied on. Just my luck. I haven't used one since.

Talk about smallies, I just got back from the big indian in TN and caught more smallies than stripers. They love that Flitterbait. My biggest was 19 1/4 inches.