Skirt Trimming?

[GetFishorDieTryin]

Personally I'm very particular about trimming skirts, especially jigs.  I like to trim them so that the skirt has depth and layers.  It's not uncommon for me to spend 10 minutes or more on 1 jig if I have the time.  

Just about everyone I know cuts them a different way for different reasons.  I'm curious how some of you guys go about it.  

Is anyone as meticulous as I am?

[papajoe222]

I trim skirts for two reasons. The first is to not inhibit the action of the trailer I'm using and the second is to give the jig a more compact profile for tough conditions. A distant third would be to shorten the front half of the skirt to get additional flare, but it isn't done on a regular basis.

[NorthernBasser]

Hair thinning shears

 

[Kirtley Howe]

I like skirts that are short and tight....on my wife. (Pease don't delete my account!)

 

[WRB]

3 hours ago, GetFishorDieTryin said:

Personally I'm very particular about trimming skirts, especially jigs.  I like to trim them so that the skirt has depth and layers.  It's not uncommon for me to spend 10 minutes or more on 1 jig if I have the time.  

Just about everyone I know cuts them a different way for different reasons.  I'm curious how some of you guys go about it.  

Is anyone as meticulous as I am?

No! 

Jigs skirts have 2 functions; movement and add color. Don’t trim deeer hair jigs after tying, the tapered hair ends provide movement. Silicone and living rubber takes me about 30 seconds to trim after making them up.

Tom

[Columbia Craw]

3 hours ago, papajoe222 said:

I trim skirts for two reasons. The first is to not inhibit the action of the trailer I'm using and the second is to give the jig a more compact profile for tough conditions. A distant third would be to shorten the front half of the skirt to get additional flare, but it isn't done on a regular basis.

Bingo

[Jig Man]

If I’m making a fluffy collar finesse jig I spend some time trimming it, otherwise it’s snip snip done.

[T-Billy]

I don't like a real bulky skirt. I usually use a tab and a half. I trim them to just behind the hook bend so they don't interfere with my trailer. No need to overthink it.

[ChrisD46]

I trim my jigs to look like "Moe" (bowl haircut) from The Three Stooges .

[T-Billy]

42 minutes ago, ChrisD46 said:

I trim my jigs to look like "Moe" (bowl haircut) from The Three Stooges .

[DitchPanda]

For swim jigs I like a thin skirt so I do a finesse cut...cut all the inside strands off. For a full size arkie or brush jig I do very little trimming. For a finesse ball I do the lion manes cut. For a finesse flip I trim it right under the hook.

[A-Jay]

10 hours ago, papajoe222 said:

I trim skirts for two reasons. The first is to not inhibit the action of the trailer I'm using and the second is to give the jig a more compact profile for tough conditions. A distant third would be to shorten the front half of the skirt to get additional flare, but it isn't done on a regular basis.

This is me as well.

Happens to spinnerbaits, vibrating jigs and most anything I throw that has a silicone or rubber skirt.

One clean cut.

Almost always made to simply shorten the skirt.

Desire resulting length to be at or just slightly beyond the hook bend.

 

A-Jay

 

[Catt]

Sometimes yes...sometimes no!

 

ROF

 

There has been a alot talk recently about how a jig looks sitting on the bottom. My number one concern is Rate Of Fall, second is how it sits on the bottom.

 

Trimming or leaving it long should be done to change the rate of fall. 

 

During the Dog Days of Summer I'll throw a 1/2 oz jig with a full size skirt & a whole Rage Lobster for a trailer. Or a swing head!

Edited February 5, 2022 by Catt
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[gim]

I just let the pike trim the skirts on my chatterbaits, spinnerbaits, and swim jigs. No reason to do it twice!

[GetFishorDieTryin]

15 hours ago, papajoe222 said:

I trim skirts for two reasons. The first is to not inhibit the action of the trailer I'm using and the second is to give the jig a more compact profile for tough conditions. A distant third would be to shorten the front half of the skirt to get additional flare, but it isn't done on a regular basis.

Yep, that's pretty much what I do except I like a jig to have flare so I trim the outside layer on just about all of them.

[Basser2021]

19 hours ago, papajoe222 said:

I trim skirts for two reasons. The first is to not inhibit the action of the trailer I'm using and the second is to give the jig a more compact profile for tough conditions. A distant third would be to shorten the front half of the skirt to get additional flare, but it isn't done on a regular basis.

Hit the nail right on the head