I had always use a swivel/clip 35 years ago , I just started fishing again using the swivel/clip on my 9yr son's Zebco 33 combo w/10lb line,
We had cought a 14inch Bass ,Pickerel ,Blue Gills and just the other day I cought a 5lb Bass with a rubber worm, I had use Popers ,Frogs, and rubber worms with a swivel and wonder if it would be better to tie a knot strait to the lures. On my new Zebco Delta combo coming in tomorrow I'm going to try doing without the swivel clip on my fishing pole and try using single hook rigs; worm hooks, jigs, spinner baits etc .