It doesn't seem to make any difference on which way that you rigged the plastic bait it catches just as many fish either use in that vertical or flat on talking about the tale of the plastic bait but I also would like to hear more input from the other guy's out there also would like to know COLOR preferences how many of you guys are fishing solid black or solid chartreuse so far fishing here in Oregon it doesn't seem to make any difference on what color combination that I'm using we are catching fish may be because the fish are hungry or maybe because they like the action I do not know it seems like FATMAN using the orange with the gold glitter seem to be doing fairly well may be the water is clear and they are seeing the flash.