The Double Deceiver is an excellent articulate streamer landing monster smallmouth bass. This awesome streamer is not just for small mouth it will also land largemouth bass, trout, musky, and northern pike. A  7-weight rod would be a great choice. Just like any other streamer it's most important to experiment with different retrieves, pause  and different speeds. My favorite retrieve is strip, pause, strip, strip. It is also important with the double deceiver  that you have a sinking tip line. Don't forget to experiment with depths. Depending on the species of fish you are chasing steel leader or 22 lb to 8lbs test. I personally use a 5-ft furled leader with 1ft to 1 and a ½ft of 22 lb to 8lbs test.