my dad used to only fish bandit crankbaits before they changed hooks. not a big deal but to him it was. he used to put a whoopin on some fish on rayburn and the angelina river. ive started using strike king and have had a lot of luck with them running right, and the paint coming off from fish just seems to make the fish bite more in my opinion, got a 6xd that has lost both eyes and has maybe half of the paint left and it still produces a lot of fish.