Ease of Rigging : A feature I found very interesting with the Bull Flat is the fact the hook slot along the centerline of the bait is like a size guide, segmented along the length, making it easier to pinpoint where to insert the hook for a weedless presentation. It's certainly not necessary, but it's a nice convenience and attention to detail.

The hook slot along the centerline of the bait is like a size guide, segmented along the length

Ease of Actuation : Now, rigged in this manner, with a hook, weighted along the shank, I figured the Bull Flat should have an interesting behavior on the fall and one I witnessed while fishing the less wide, O.S.P. DoLive Beaver. When fished with a similar style hook, that bait would swim away from me on the fall. The Bull Flat does the DoLive Beaver one better. Thanks to its wider profile, this bait spirals on the fall, in a slow, very enticing manner.

The tail gets moving on retrieve speeds just above slow.

Quality of Movement : During that slow, enticing spiral of death, the Bull Flat's tail doesn't do much of anything. To get it to move, you need to swim the bait back to you at a better than slow pace, and then, if you kill your retrieve, the bait will spiral. This is only if rigged with the afore mentioned style of hook. If you rig the Bull Flat with a bullet weight or swimbait head, where all the weight is at the front of the bait, it will behave like a typical creature bait - head down, tail up, on a straight fall.

At rest, the tail doesn't have enough buoyancy to stand.

Position at Rest : That's only on the fall. Left to rest on the bottom in either configuration and the Bull Flat is not very interesting at all. It will just settle on the bottom. The tail doesn't have enough buoyancy to lift up on its own. This bait is definitely best with movement of some type.

The side appendages remind me of wear markers on brand new bicycle tires.

Durability : As with most soft plastic baits worth fishing, durability is not a strong suit for the Deps Bull Flat. The plastic tears easily and it will get torn up if you're into fish, but that's why you get several per pack, so you can replace the baits once they get torn up. If you're replacing your bait often, that's a good thing, because it means you're catching. Fortunately, I did not have any issues with the Bull Flat tearing prematurely during non-fish catching moments.

The majority of my hits were on that death spiral.