greased lightning, fantastic.... I've never had a problem with fish spooking from the controller, most of the time they try to eat the darn thing. I use the little Drennan ones, which I colour with a black marker pen (just in case). Only way I've found to keep the line out of the water is when fishing crust and threading the hook in from the crusty side, turning it back on itself on the fluffy side, so the eye of the hook is on the top. That doesn't read right, I'll show a picture when I do a surface article......