I fish just yarn and a hook alot. There are times when you're fishing the "slot water" that is really ripping and you need to get behind that certain rock/tree ect..and bait just takes longer to get to the bottom due to the mass of it all. I try to keep it scented up though. When you're fishing a boulder field--it's the hot ticket at times especially when the fish are real spooky due to low water and spinners run em off!