Nemire Red Ripper Spoon 1/2-Ounce, Fluorescent Yellow Keep your rod tip pointed down at the water. No swivel is needed and you can put some speed on it and it will not spin or dart all over the place. Please remember it is also a great stop and go retrieve lure. When you stop the lure it will wobble very slowly towards the bottom and pick up its action very quickly when you start to reel it again. Second, the Red Ripper can be fished as a jerk bait under the surface. Third, it can be skittered across the surface and dropped next to cover or dropped in holes when you are fishing heavy cover.