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The hollow body on an internal jighead spirals on the fall like nothing else — the smallmouth bait on rock, and a craw or goby to a bass.

Soft plastics are the biggest family in bass fishing: 36 shapes, each designed for a rig, a depth and a mood.

• Shape = design purpose: fish, worm, craw, creature, tube, frog
• Finesse tier vs power tier: the same shape at 3.5 in and 7 in is two different techniques
• Tail type decides the action; body decides the fall
• Rig it the way it was designed to be rigged

1. What it is — A 3.5-4.5 in hollow cylinder with a tentacle skirt. An internal tube head makes it spiral; a Texas-rigged tube falls straight and comes through cover.
2. Designed for — Smallmouth on rock, gravel and sand in 2-8 m (6-25 ft): dragged and deadsticked on a 1/4-3/8 oz tube head. Largemouth on a Texas-rigged tube around docks and brush.
3. Trade-offs — The internal head is an exposed hook — not for grass.