On light tackle nothing beats a direct connection for me, you can cut and retie at least 3 times on an average leader before having to change the leader itself. So one one leader you could fish a dropshot, spoon and chiselnose plug which for me are my basic tester lures to find a pattern as they are bottom, midwater and surface respectively. Once you find interest in on one of those you can then refine with other lures and as each one has a different casting length you can narrow it down even further. Blindly casting the last thing you heard was great or saw on TV rarely helps
