Cranium,
For the weight I was actually using a split-shot with a glass bead and a tungsten bullet sliding above it so when I shook it, it would faintly rattle.
In the Tourney at Beacon harbor on Franks Tract, the guy I watched get the most fish would get the bigger ones when he would just tighten and slacken his line. He got more dinks but faster when he shook it hard. I did some looking at it in clear water and the slow tighten/slacken made the worm come up off the bottom and sink back like a minnow slowly grabbing a morsel. If you quickly tighten it shoots off the bottom like an ill minnow and slowly sinks back when you give slack. If you shake it at the top, it looks even more like an ill minnow spazzing out, but I think that it's easy to overdo. This last one also would rattle the hardest with my rig.
Tight lines,
Wade

PS: so are there any specific rods in my price range to look at and what's the price on the Kistler?