Instead, why don't we just revisit some of the older Hot New Lures/Bait/Techniques that worked so well in the past? I mean, I recall eons ago there was this soft-bodied, yarn-tailed things called Steelie-Stoppers that were so danged deadly on the Clackamas that they were harder than heck to find in the stores.

The things don't just stop working forever, they just likely get overpresented. Seems like some of these Hot New Products are nothing more than a way to separate an angler from his cash.