The Pencil Popper is very productive any time of day. The pencil will cast like a rocket and is designed specifically to be productive in a fast moving current or rip tides because of its special flat bottom design. Retrieve slow or fast, along with a twitching of the rod tip to give the lure an erratic sliding side-to-side action, as well as bobbing vertically to imitate a bait fish. This classic lure, is a go to lure at dawn to dusk.