I love it, and use the method more often than not, for me it works well for suspended fish before and after the spawn. I do miss feeling the thump but if you want action and want to put fish in the boat it is the way to fish. I used to shy away from fishing on windy days, but I have a friend who taught me how to drift fish for cats using wind socks and your troling motor and I have applied that to crappie fishing and it works well. My wife and I spent most of January fishing parts of Florida and I would estimate that of all the Crappie fishermen I saw 75% were spider rigging, like it or hate it I think its a method thats here to stay.