I've had similar experiences from these lures, even when you do manage to get them swimming straight they have pretty much no action anyway. If you sift throught the different styles you'll find that only a couple actually work (one of the bream baits and the walk the dog top water) and even then the hooks need replacing. I wanted to use then as a sought of "disposable" lure when land based snag bashing for up north but wirly birds don't catch many fish. If you go back and make a fair point about them not swimming you should at least get store credit.