This is a great idea on an old lure. I use jigheads or bucktails with soft shad swim bait. I've had many tails bitten off or lost the entire lure due to a bluefish swallowing the bait and biting the mono or fluoro leader. In theory this lure fixes that problem. They aren't cheap but they are well built and the back half deploys out with a steel line to keep the fish from biting anything off and the front half is hard plastic. They swim well and have nice action. The brass tail flashes well too. We've used them several times but have not caught anything yet. I'll continue to use at least one of these every time we troll.