Andrew - I know of noone who can work a Carpenter stickbait the way Konishi seems to be able to do it. He can get it dart amazingly and it is no wonder he catches so many fish. That said, the rest of us seem to bounce it all over the place and it break the surface half the time so it looks like a pencil popper. Whe Konishi uses it, it is because the lure looks so lifelike. When I catch fish with it, I reckon it is because the GT reckons the lure deserves to be put out of its misery.
I have found that it works bst for me when I whack two huge trebles onto it. When i do this, the only difference between my stickbait and a minnow is that a minnow has a bib on it!!
Cam - the DVD is difficult to get. If you were in Sydney, I'd loan you one.