I think larger metal lips give the fish more to throw around when they shake their head, making it easier for them to throw the hook. The size of the body prevents many fish from getting it in their mouths and forces the mouth open and shields the hooks during the hook set when fish do get the whole plug in their mouth. The result seams to be alot of fish hooked in the soft tissue around the fish's mouth, rather than the boney inside of the mouth, where the trebles of needles and finish swimmers usually end up.
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