I feel your pain Big dog, I am only a L plater myself in the art of bream on lures but do hook the odd nice size bream I try to match the hatch by lure to water colour Winter deep divers Blaydz etc, summer sub surface, surface lures.
I still use soft plastics in winter depending where i am eg, oyster racks, drop off rockwalls just try to match the environment etc, no wrong or right way to catch them they are a cunning fish the bream.