Seacat,
Ya the thing I like about it is the color, chartruese and it has the mylar tape on it. It has outfished every other flasher I own by at least 3 to 1 since I bought it. The funny thing is I bought it out of a clearance bin at Auburn Sports about 2 years ago and cannot find another one like it. I have even traded e mails with the customer rep at Lure-Jensen (that's who owns Les Davis now) and they have been discontinued. The closest one I have found is made by Silver Horde, it's the right color but has silver reflective tape on it. Ya know it's just like plugs that seem to catch more fish, it just works.
The difference between it and the hot spot is leader length. The Kelp Kutter is a size #1, the leader length is 28" to the hooch. The Hot Spots because of the larger circular pattern that they create need to have leader length of at least 40" to the hooch. To me the leader length is the critical element, to little and the hooch is to close to the flasher and to erratic, to much and it doesen't swim right. I also have Abe and Al's, a Dr T-Ho-Ke flasher and a couple that I bought at the Sportsman Show. Hope this answers your question. Hope to get out next Wednesday, weekends are shot for awhile. My daughters fastpitch team is playing in regionals this weekend, a national tournament in Oregon next weekend and ASA nationals in Federal Way in August. I usually fish Pt. D. and have a white Harbercraft sled, if ya see me say hi.
Good luck and tight lines, Jeff