I do have days when the fish do not want the spinner or there are a couple lakes around me where the fish just seem to not go for the black Beetle with the spinner on it. I guess it is a little too much flash for them. I just take it off and fish the black beetle by itself. Usually they will jump on one or the other. Got into some shell crackers last year by switching from the spinner to the plain beetle. The fish were hitting the spinner but I couldn't get them on the hook. Took the spinner off and it was on.