What have you tried this year that has been good or bad?

I've been very happy with most of my swap acquisitions. A couple went right into the first string rotation because they're that good.

The Little Hustler jigs are sweet.

One major problem was a new squirrely Phantom that didn't make the grade. It lierally blew the paint/clear coat off the body in five minutes of casting. I've never seen anything like it and Todd got a phone call today about it. Hopefully this is an isolated incident and not all of his new baits have this problem. However, I think I know WHY it did this and if I'm right he'll be making a TON of replacement baits.