What Matt said is spot on. I like 2 - 4lbs test and rarely fish any deeper than 20ft with a small flutter type spoon. I like to fish heavy tungsten baits, but when the fish stop biting and only seem to want to follow I'll drop a flutter spoon on them and they almost alway take it. I'm excited to try the new Guppy Flutter spoon, looks like a deadly perch and crappie spoon. I bet it'll pick up a few trout too.