I cannot think of any consistent instances where check-raising has gotten me the most value from hands at low stake NL cash games.
Check/raising is pretty much announcing you have a big hand, and if your opponent is bluffing they probably aren't going to put that much more money into the pot. Even against overaggresive idiots, I usually keep betting nice callable sized bets and they either keep on calling in some strange attempt to save face or reraise really big with nothing. Check-raising is sort of trying to end the pot right there, so I can kinda see that it might be useful when draws are on the board but uhhh.... does anyone have any thoughts on this?