Ben, s-l-o-w is the key. If fishing an area where there is current I let the needle or plug swing with it with occasional pulse (lightly done) as soon as the tension of the current is felt to be reduced the retrieve starts again with an occasional pause. Many fish take it on the pause.
Other wise whatever plug is adorned with a skin I just make it a slighly slower action than normal. I have found that it is normally taken by bigger fish than the same plug sans a skin.
Just because your skin plug starts to bleach out or start to dispense a less than pleasing odor oft times the fish find it more attractive.
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