New A Jig and Pigskin jig (Boo Yah)

[JCrzy4Bass]

Do you guys trim the skirt on the A-Jig? I saw how long the skirts are and decided to try trimming mine a little so the action of my trailer is not negated. Just curious as to if you guys are doing the same or if you find the longer skirt works well and you just need a larger trailer chunk like a zoom chunk.

I love the 1/2oz version of the A-Jig so far.  Boo Yah Boo Jigs were my prime jigs up til' now but I think I may add a couple of these to my tackle box since they are a bit more expensive at 3.50 a pop. Caught my first fish on it today on my first cast with it. Small, but felt good.

[billbrum]

Yeah I trim the skirt on every jig that I throw.

[bkoguy07]

Yeah normally I have been trimming them like right below the hook and then the weed guard, how far do ya'll trim them??

[tyrius.]

You'll find a mixture of trimmers and non-trimmers.  I personally don't trim the skirts.  If I wanted a smaller presentation, I'd tie on a finesse jig.  I'm trying to fish for the bigger class fish so I want to throw a beefier bait.  

The skirt will not negate the action of any trailer.

The caveat here is that I am most certainly not a jig expert.

[Bass_Fanatic]

I am no jig master either, but I have found it useful to trim about half the strands in order to keep the bigger look, but get more action out of both the trailer and the skirt!!

Just my opinion!

[dumb_dog11]

You'll find a mixture of trimmers and non-trimmers. I personally don't trim the skirts. If I wanted a smaller presentation, I'd tie on a finesse jig. I'm trying to fish for the bigger class fish so I want to throw a beefier bait.

The skirt will not negate the action of any trailer.

The caveat here is that I am most certainly not a jig expert.

the length of the skirt will actually harm the action of a trailer, I tried it with a Paca chunk in my 200 gallon koi pond...the claws dont flutter as well with a longre skirt

i trim all my jigs and some of my weed guards

[tyrius.]

the length of the skirt will actually harm the action of a trailer, I tried it with a Paca chunk in my 200 gallon koi pond...the claws dont flutter as well with a longre skirt

i trim all my jigs and some of my weed guards

So I stand corrected.  For full size jigs I typically use something like a chigger craw as the trailer.  It is much longer and the claws still extend past the skirt so I don't notice any negative effects.

So, maybe one should put the trailer on and then trim the skirt to ensure that it does not hang too far down on the trailer.

[Catt]

How does one determine?

If a bass likes a long skirt

If a bass likes a trailer with more movement

If a bass likes a short skirt

If a bass likes a double skirted jig

If you do what you've always done, you'll get what you always got