Jointed Raps are one of our most consistent producers on the river once the water temps rise into the 70’s. I troll with the regular deep divers most of the spring and early summer bit once june rolls around the jointeds dominate. They have a more agressive action and do pull a little deeper than a regular balsa rap, both attributes that lend them to catching mid-summer eyes. 
Of the 3 jointed sizes offered the #4’s and #5’s work well for me. The #7’s have been a poor producer for me personally.
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Honestly, has anyone ever had good luck with jointed Raps? I have a bunch of them but haven’t found the niche for them.
Good luck,
Corey Bechtold
Yes I almost always have jointed on one line, usally firetiger
Hot Steel
Firetiger
Pearl
Goldfish (Blue, Silver and Orange) would be here if they still made the old one.
shad raps. craw orange belly, hot steel, gold blackback orange belly char white painted orange belly. if i only have 2 choose 4. so very hard. 
I am curious how you guys get the #5 down very deep , are you not fishing them in water over 7ft, or do run them downstream. or do you not worry about getting all the way to the bottom , even with leadcore i cant get them much over 7ft or so .
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