Yah, I know what you mean about buying that expensive of a bait for just covering the surface. 10" Stocker Trout, Rago Live Soft trout, the big Ospreys, and I know it would suck to count it down to any kind of depth, but the 10" steelhead Raptor they have on TW looks an AWFUL lot like a DVL trout. Hope this helps. Other people probably have some good suggestions too.