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Flipping Tube Rigging Tips for Better Hooking Percentages

Kyle Peterson
Nov 20, 2021

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Pro bass angler Cole Floyd shares an excellent tube rigging tip for pitching and flipping applications that involves altering the hook bend and cutting the tube to deliver vastly improved hooking percentages.

FEATURED TACKLE

FLIPPING TUBE – Strike King Denny Brauer Pro Flip Tube, 4.5-inch
TUBE HOOK – Lazer TroKar Tournament Tube Hook
WEIGHT – Strike King Tour Grade Tungsten Weight
CREATURE BAIT – Strike King Rage Bug (underwater footage)

Why a tube? A simple soft plastic tube ignores all the design hype of creature baits and consistently produces bites when rigged Texas-style and pitched around shallow cover or fished on a jig. The simple body profile delivers reduced action and vibration, which akin to Ned rigging, can be the ticket when bass are in a funk, highly pressured, or conditioned to more commonly used creature baits.

Kyle Peterson

Kyle is the resident adventurer with an adept eye for a good shot and the training and expertise to bring a lot of dynamic content to Wired2fish videos. His underwater footage and aerial photography help set Wired2fish’s content apart from the masses. He’s an avid freshwater angler adept at catching a lot of different kinds of fish in a lot of different ways and places.