Using tubes

[wasabi]

I have always used ‘regular’ jig bodies - mostly Bobby Garland and similar, Charlie Brewer and curly tail bodies. But thinking of trying tubes as I think they will address a couple annoying issues. First, I can squirt some attractant up inside and it should last more than a couple casts. Second, they shouldn’t slip down the hook or tear apart so easy. Anybody using tubes a lot and have any tips?

[CrappiePappy]

I can only say that I had great success with hollow tubes, for years. But, they are very easily pulled down on the hook by Bluegills nipping at the skirt tails, and even biting them off. For those reasons I switched over to solid body tubes, and never really noticed any difference in the number of bites I got. And switching over came after many trips where I glued the hollow tubes to the jighead. All that ended up doing was causing more tails being pulled off, since the body of the tube jig couldn't be pulled down.
What you might consider doing is using solid body tubes and dousing them with Slab Sauce or whatever attractant you use. Or maybe use some of the "Eye Hole" jigheads and use a solid form of attractant.

[Les Young]

I've been using tubes quite a bit & don't really have much problem with them. Some may slide down but they're easy to push back up. I pretty much only use baby shads, crappie magnets & tubes. I just don't have as much luck with hair or maribou jigs even though i have a bunch of them & try them a lot.

[RogerA]

For many years I have used solid body tubes made by Midsouth Tackle. They stay on the hook very well and they also have a great selection of colors.

[Dollfly]

I used Midsouth tubes for years. They are some of the best tubes that I've ever used. Southern Pro has good tubes too.

[skeetbum]

I’m not a fan of tubes on a jighead but different story with an insert head. They’re durable like that but it can be annoying retying when you need a new one. If they do t find a tree they last a long time.

[Ketchn]

the solid body tube plastics work great , I use Arkie , but I am sure midsouth makes good ones too , the hollow body versions tear up quite quickly and require a "keeper" of some sort or they are always hanging on the bend of the hook ....my 27 cents on it
scent inside them might be a good idea , but you will have to mind/tend them often , they tend to go south really easily