I use the old fashioned kind, but only when needed. Growing up on a farm, grandpa used to chew that Redman long cut. I used to watch him spit that brown garb on his bait before every cast. Many moons later, when the fishing gets really tough, i will spit some nice clean saliva on my bait. Again thats only in emergency cases as it works. I dont chew like grandpa did, so every now amd then i will take a bite of a snickers bar and use that. Thats when i usually catch those brown fish. All natural attractant here.