Interesting......most of the time I am fishing with only enough lead to tap the bottom every now and again. My Dad always uses way more lead than I do--kinda that "gotta let them look at it" approach. As far as missing 75% of the bites-I think that would only pertain to that type of drift situation(mabye not).I fish alot of faster shutes and pocket water and as fast as some of that rips through there I would be suprised if you missed 10%! At the risk of looking stupid,anybody care to comment on that?