Aside from your equipment, what do you feel contributes to drop shotting being a weakness? And it's ok to say that you just don't like finesse ;)

I would not say that I am great at drop shotting but it is something that I'll do from time to time. Keys for success for me have been:

- Using the proper weight to match the cover (pencil weight for grass, round for rock, etc)

- Hook selection (nose hook for open water, straight shank robo rebarb hook for more weedless approach).

- How to hook the worm (hook lightly in the nose for best action)

- Line weight ( 6 for small fish and in general, 8 or 10lb for larger fish or around cover)

I think there are about 1,000 types of soft plastic that will work on drop shot but whether they get bit or not depends more on your basic terminal tackle. Rod and reel are important for fighting the fish, and to a lesser extent for imparting action to the worm, but even if you're using an ugly stick with a spincaster, you should still get plenty of bites with the right setup on the business end.

Tell me more though about what it is that is hurting your confidence in the technique. Let's diagnose :)