Only my opinion but I believe it would be speed related, unless you are running flutter spoons, your running too fast for most sticks, exception would be the bay rats, I rarely run a mixed spread for spring browns , start with spoons at 2.4-2.8 if this isn't taking fish I'll slow down and run the sticks, I start fast to cover more water and get a feel for temps. There are a lot better fishermen on this site that will have input, but this is how I roll...... Sent from my iPhone using Lake Ontario United