I flip 5" Raction Innovations tubes in mostly the Coonnasty color on an Owner weighted tube hook. Only other thing I flip is a beaver style bait on a 3/0 hook with a tungsten bullet weight.

You guys must be flipping into some nasty stuff to need braid, bursh hogs, beavers, etc.  Makes me jealous!  Come down to my lake where you have to search to find a laydown and the water is clear for about 80% of the lake.

My buddy's favorite story is about me loosing $5 on a bet.  A sunny blue bird sky summer morning, I'm hot and thinking we need to try some shade for a while after not getting any bites on a shoreline.  He flips a finesse jig with grub trailer into a small brush pile on a sunny bank.  I said, "I'll bet you $5 you don't pull a bass out of there".  It defied logic because the bass was in direct sunlight in less than 4ft of water.  I'll be darn if he didn't pull out a decent bass.  He LOVES that story....

The point is, we use finesse jigs because the larger jigs just seem to intimidate the bass.  I've tried football jigs with Yum Craws, jig-n-pig, brush hogs, etc.  They just don't bite them that often.  Some days they want a big meal, other days they want a light snack.