I'm familiar with salt water applications of tube type flies but have never seen them used in Freshwater.... I understand that they're used on spey outfits in the northwest and northeast.
When I was still living in L.A., I used a "feather" rigged on a short (6") wire leader to cast for barracuda/bonito. These feathers were, in affect, a lead head with a hole for sliding the leader thru and were cast on light spinning outfits (....on the dark side ). The feather body/wing onto a leader, was tied around the head. Very effective but haven't used one since that time....
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