We run our board very similar to ebijack, but we loop our band around the flag arm. Never tried it on the hook through the flag. We still have our spring on too but on the light setting. Might have to try to remove it.

What we found when running bandits without the bands, just the bait itself pulls hard enough to pull the flag halfway down. So we added the band to help keep it up. We were using #16 and#19, but found sometimes if you did not see the hit, we could be dragging a 2 plus pound white bass and the flag not continue to show. Last trip of the year we looped 2 #16 together to lighten up the tension, bait still ran with flags up but showed those smaller fish alot better. I think the key is just try a couple setting to get what you prefer.

I will try the #32 next year.