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Message: <blockquote data-quote="onthewater102" data-source="post: 402343" data-attributes="member: 13702">I fish these tight to the bottom or the top of the submerged weeds. I fish mostly impounded rivers which have a lot of rocky bottom area, with scattered tree limbs resting on the bottom. The chatterbaits with a jig head tend to roll to the side when you drag them over cover & as a result they tend to snag more. Football or other broad faced jigs help with this and I started using a different style chatterbait that had the weight on the blade (i think it was the strikeking rage bait, not sure now) which worked even better when it dawned on me that the design wasn't mechanically any different than what I've cobbled together here.Swapping the weights has been a really nice benefit - when I use the little clip on there to swap them out it's way faster than retying a different bait. Just make sure that the clip opening faces rearward or it's prone to gathering grass for you. Thinking about it more straight hooks (not jig hooks with a bend at the eye) probably would be even better in terms of keeping the bait from tangling on itself (which does happen on occasion.) Of course a jig with the weight on the hook would work just fine in place of the hook/casting weight so long as it has a flat eye.</blockquote>