Tube Lures are bottom contact lures known for its spiral drop lure action when rigged with a jig head and a more erratic lure action when rigged with a single EWG hook (extra wide gap). Tube lures all are rigged with a tube soft plastic which is often rigged open hooked [Figure 1] with a tube jig head but can also be rigged weedless (stupid rig (with a jig head) or texas-rigged hook)) The weedless version with a jig head is often referred to as a stupid rig. A tube rigged with a EWG Hook is typically referred to as a weightless Texas Rig Lure.

Anatomy: Tube Lures are soft bait lures which feature a tube soft plastic, a tube jig head. When rigged with a hook it is typically a EWG hook or a tube hook[Figure 8] texas-rigged weedless and thus becoming a weightless Texas Rig Lure.

Variants & Other Names: 

• Stupid Rig: [Figure 5] Texas-rigged weedless tube on a tube jig head [not a hook]. Some suggest a tube jig head with a 60 degree line tie is better than the 90 degree line tie to better retrieve through grass. 
• Texas-Rigged – EWG Hook: A tube soft plastic texas-rigged with a EWG hook (some suggest 3/O) or a tube hook[Figure 6] which results in a light lure with a slow descent where some cut the plastic by the hook for a better hook set.  This is also a weightless  Texas Rig Lure.
  
  • Free Rig: If you add a free floating weight in front of the tube it becomes a free rig lure. Free Rig lures are found in Carolina Rig to which some would consider a variant of a carolina rig.
• Weight & Hook Rigged: Not common, but some suggest putting a bell-style weight in the tube soft plastic then using rigging a EWG hook through the eye of the hook that is in the tube soft plastic and then texas-rigging the hook. [See video] 
• Snapping a Tube: Also called cracking a tube when using a heavier jig head.

Lure Action. [NL] [update each time] Swimming, gliding and when fished vertically known for its spiraling lure motion.

Search Bait: Not common.

Pros’ Choice: Not common.