I can make it walk just fine.

My HS boys have caught some good fish on one this weekend.

Haven't fished one much, but I do know this... If you get a little too much crud in between the tail and the axle through the tail the whole bait will spin and twist the [censored] out of your line. It's not that easy to see it happening because the bait is still plopping along even as the bait is spinning. Probably a good idea to use a snap swivel to prevent this.

...what a about a Herb's Dilly?

Sometimes, before I start the retrieve, I simply let it float and pop it once in a while so it moves up and down in the same place. That can draw some savage strikes. When I retrieve it, I let the fish tell me what they want at that time and place. Sometimes slow and steady, sometimes fast and steady, sometimes extremely fast and steady, and sometimes a varied, start and stop retrieve. Very few bass simply suck it it....they usually attack it. That's been my experience, anyway. I only throw the medium- and large-size versions of the WP.

Brent Ehler fished it yesterday and Wesley Strader the year before at the TTBC when I rode with them. They both threw it on braid with a steady retrieve, slow to medium speed. I have yet to see a fish hit it but both said its a good big fish bait.