I prefer the Krocodile spoon in hammered nickel finish with an orange flash or stripe, and I always switch out the hooks that come on it for a Gamaktsu siwash. This spoon has almost always caught Silvers for me in the rivers.

It's weird cuz in the salt the old joke adage "it doesnt matter what color you use, as long as it's green" seems to hold true, but in the rivers the orange on chrome or nickel has always worked best for me. I also fish the smallest Dick Nite (half and half) on a 3-ft leader with a sliding egg sinker, but sometimes you can't keep the Dollies and Cuts off the little spoon. But the Kroc has consistently got me hook-ups over the years, more so than anything else.

If I can't get them to hit spoons I switch to "Plan B" -- side-planing with plugs.