Just last weekend on the In-Fisherman television show they were using X-Raps to catch smallmouth...the technique was" "Twitch-twitch-pause...................Twitch-twitch-twitch-pause...............Lots of times if not most of the time the hits came on the pause. They had two rods rigged up with an X-Rap...one with a size #10 and the other with a size #8. They were mainly throwing the #10, if they got bit but didn't hook up then they immediately followed through by casting the #8. I don't have any X-Raps in my box but they're on my list. Just this week I got a couple of Lucky Craft Pointers while Bass Pro had them on sale (two for 22.00 dollars)...this is the first time I've ever spent that much on a single lure, I guess there's a first time for everything.