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IMO , 8 inch curltails are the single best plastic lures ever poured! There are times when some small fish looking thing works better , peanut bunker types particularly late season and fin S fish in may , early june (herring imitation) . Also , in calm waters , I like sluggos types (megajerks) worked like eels.
However , all season long , on average , the 8 inch curltails outfish everything else in the bag. They are also very easy to cast on a jig head and they cost only about 25-50 cents each if you buy several hundred at a time. Last year Smokey , Dave L and myself wiped out the plastics people at the RISAA show of white and black curltails. I think we bought almost 1000 between the three of us. They get harder to find in bulk every year. you can buy Gotchas brand in 5 packs for about $5 but bulk suppliers are hard to find. George at Murats used to carry Hawe River brand. same thing as everyone else but you got 10 in a $5 bag. Newport lures was the source for years , and they quit. I think the last people called themselves "Worm Farm" or something like that. Anyway , they also said they were getting out of it too so we loaded up with a few years supply.
I carry a zillion black and white and a few of the other colors like yellow , orange , rootbeer , etc.
I do find that the big sluggos interfer with casting when we are trying for big distances like 125 yards , etc. I'd say you lose about 40 yards or so cause of the bulk weight and the way its center of gravity is whipping around. You don't get that with the curltails cause all the weight is up on the hook , the tail is so skinny it has little mass at all but does have an excellent flutter which i think the fish get excited over.
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