Living in England we still have soft water at the moment. I ordered a 3D from Thornes and it arrived, just in the nick of time, about 20 minutes before I headed off for a two day fishing trip. I just had time to run to the basemant and swap the hooks for Eagle Claw 4X 3/0 hooks to replace the mustads, which I don't like, before we left.

 We spent quite a while fishing spots with all sorts of baits and lures without success and eventiually found some fish in a rather odd part of the lake. They seemed to be around 15ft down in water that was 60-20ft deep according to the sounder. My friend, the local, was casting all sorts of rubber baits, bulldawgs etc, which are normally the business, and I decided to try out the 3D. I could see him look at me out of the corner of his eye thinking I was mad putting a crankbait on. Anyway, It worked a treat! I could crank it down to 10ft or so and twitch it quite violently then let it hang. The Eagle Claws seemed to balence it perfectly and I couldn't tell if it was rising or sinking with the leader I was using as it appeared to be absolutely still. To end the story I outfished him on the first day as he could hardly get a take on other baits. On the second day of our trip the fish had moved up into shallower water and a jerko was the winning bait for them there.

I can see my, rather scratched, 3D getting a fair bit of use this summer where the fish are up in the water over some reasonable depth as it is the only lure I have which will give you an erratic jerkbait action 10ft down.