This is an excellent topic. Years ago, a really good smallmouth fisherman invited me for a day trip. He was a die hard tube user. We hit an underwater flat point. He had four or five before I got a bite.
Shortly thereafter, Willy gave me the best lesson I’ve had to date. Don’t hop! Drag the tube. Willy pointed out sculpin and crawfish move right on the bottom, particularly in current and a lift and fall was not natural movement. Varying speed and pauses came into play but the tube had to be dragged. This has become a fundamental to that presentation in that situation. I apply it to football jigs, hula grubs, Dark Sleepers and some other plastics. There are numerous lures that require a lift and fall or climb over cover and fall but dragging made a significant difference in my bite rate.