It does work very well. A little lighter lead and longer lighter steelhead leader (10# +or-) and U can take them in colored, fast, or even real clear water. In fact, backbouncing works with a large variety of fish. I even heard about a guy from San Francisco that backbounced literally. He apparently put on scuba gear w/ a real heavy weight belt and layed on the bottom of the Columbia somewhere below Bonniville Dam. Had something to do w/ sturgeon & eels ..shtick