I am partial to carlyle. I catch plenty of big crappie on the main lake. Even being fairly new to crappie fishing I have been able to catch nice crappie in the 14-15 inch range. I am looking forward to this year and trying all the new methods/advice I have gotten from the board in the last few months. If there is a drawback to carlyle it is that there is not alot of places to hide from the wind