Finally got a chance to chuck a Duo Alpha 72 spybait around one of the local lakes yesterday and as expected, the smallies were all over it as the profile more resembles the little perch they feed on than the regular Duo's. These little spybaits cast like a jigging spoon (ie: a freaking mile) which certainly won't hurt when fishing water with 10+ ft of visibility.
However, on my first fish (a chunky 4 lb smallie) when I went to take the hooks out I noticed that the back hook was no longer on the lure, it was just hanging in the net. Turns out that the split ring on the hook slipped through the tiny gap in the loop on the wire that runs through the bait. Put the pliers to that loop but not sure if I was able to make that gap any smaller. I'll probably just change the split ring to the next size up and maybe put a little dab of clear silicone caulking in the gap.