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Well, where to start.
Salt water:
ghost shrimp, pile works, sand worms, juvenile shrimp/prawns, Sand fleas, Water fleas and some others
Fresh water:
caterpillars, Helgramites, Mayfly nymphs, snails, Leeches, flat worms
earthworms, crayfish.
Too many to list really. It looks close to a lot of stuff I have found in and around the waters I fish in.
I will have to measure how far I can cast them. I will have to get both an unweighted and weighted size 8 and see how far they go. I can only guess but I think I can throw and unweighted one close to 30 feet. Does that mean everyone can, probably not but I know I can throw a single egg hook with one egg and no other wieght over 10 feet easy.
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Let's see, the curved hook mustad 37160 in size 6 I threw over 35 feet on a good cast. The straight shank size 6 extra long Eagle Claw I threw right at 30 feet and this was using a 5' Shakespeare 2 piece rod with 6# test. Both have one wrap of lead core line on them the length of the jig/fly.
I always wondered though why the segmentation matters? If the colors really offset each other then maybe like the Bream colored one but the worm colored ones, I am not sure. Might be the clearness to them, might be the segmentation and the crochet that gives them a "I'm gonna eat that" look to trout but they work really well for them. The pink, orange and bright colored ones just work for whatever reason. Whatever the reason, I have tried the segmented crochetted ones beside ones that I simply wrapped the lace around the hook and the crochets worked better. Better action maybe, I don't know.
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Unweighted size 8, 27 feet was my best with the same rod and line. Average was about 20 feet. Not the best but around here I can see the panfish I am targetting most of the time so that is plenty far for me to cast. Doesn't mean I can catch them but I can see them!
I can not say ow well they will work on light weight rods but I can fly fish with them easily on an 8 weight for steelhead. I have never tried them on my 5 weight. Will have to give it a try and see if I can cast them at all.
The material gives some weight to them. If I had an accurate scale I would weigh them unweighted and weighted to see what they come out at. The best I could do is to use a makeshift balance and compare them to known weights.
