Each of our skirts are hand-cut to make it truly one of a kind. Despite the slight variations in each bait, the individual imperfections of each piece makes them perfect in their own unique way, and they are ready to fish right out of the package.
This article will provide some modifications you can make to your skirts if you want to change your opportunity for your next big one.
Hate the Straight – Never cut straight across. First, because you’ll always cut the skirt too short, and second, nothing in nature is perfect. You want your skirt to be natural-looking and acting.
1.) A jig with a full-length skirt can sometimes cause problems with your soft plastic as the bulky skirt gets in the way and can kill the action of your trailer. Trimming a jig’s skirt will make your jig a more compact lure and improve the effectiveness of your trailer. Do this by putting on your trailer and cutting the skirt so it does not interfere with it.
2.) Give your jig a smaller profile.
- Pull out 1/3rd of the strands. This works great on all types of jigs and excels in clear or high-pressure water.
3.) Give your jig the “beat up” look.
- Use a pair of thinning shears.
- Start by pushing the skirt past the hook’s end and start trimming. Keep in mind that you can remove more material as needed, but adding it back is impossible. Start by snipping at approximately 1/2 inch from where the hook bends.
- Then trim the skirt again, this time a little further up, approximately 1/2 inch from the initial cut.
- This modification will give your skirt a beaten-up, eaten-up look that the big ones will love.
4.) “V” modification
- Take the skirt bunch off down past the end of the hook. Start with an outward angle at the bend of the hook, cut at a 45-degree angle away from the jig. Then, about halfway, angle the scissors back towards the jig.
- Make your first “V” cut towards from the jighead
- Make your second “V” cut away from the jig head
- It will look like an outward pointing “V” when you’re done.
