FINALLY ! Picked some up . . Beautiful jig ! How do you guys fish'em , that is trim it down , the whole skirt or the bottom one length and the the rubber comming UP around the neck shorter , or a different length , or just leave it alone , and hang the trailer on ?? I know theres no one way ,but what do you guys like ?
Cooch , you out there ??
In most cases, I prefer the longer skirt, heck I've even had Trocye build me a jig we're field testing with 8" of rubber on it. In dirty to stained water, especially in the summer, I think the largemouth bass prefer a bigger, "One shot" meal. At other times, trimming the skirts may fit the mood. The nice thing about the Wadda, ya git ta start off with a long skirt, or ya can slightly trim it away to match the average jig, and then ya can trim it even more, maybe as much to look like a puffer baller jig. The choice is yours ta do what ya want with em, if the bass eat it, do what ever it takes!
Thanks guys ! Yeahh , I was admiring the thing , thought of what I've seen many guys do , and recommend , start trimmin , but , being new ta Jigs , figured , "Cooch designed this thing this way for a reason", so I put the scissors down and started typing !! I Love this site !!
Tony, I am no expert using jigs, but since I have started using the Wadda's my catching has gone way up..I just leave it like it is and add a trailer..
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Take a kid fishing, and don't forget about us older kids either..
under certain conditions I have used rattles. But for the most part, I don't, so we didn't feel we needed to add rattles to the Wadda, and force them on guys. Adding rattles does drive up the cost of jigs and is time consuming to the tying process. I've always found it easier to add or remove them as needed.
I will add the slip on collar rattles to a jig if I feel that it is necessary. Typically necessary to me means MUDDY water and a very slow presentation. I prefer the option to add rattles vs cutting rattles off my baits as the shrink tube is typically pushing agianst my trailer.
As for trimming I start with the full skirt and will trim back from there, If I am fishing the River or Clear Lake BIG LONG SKIRT. Folsom, Comanche etc... I will trim down the skirt to size up to my bait.
Tony,
The only time I've trimmed the skirt is on a recent trip to Clearlake. I was using a craw trailer and I wanted the bass to be able to clearly see the red claws, so I trimmed back the skirt and it seemed to help.
But I'm mostly like the rest; leave em long.
Tell Miguel I said 'Hey'.
- Wolfeman
"Don't take life too seriously. You're not getting out alive." Bugs Bunny
WHAT'S UP WOLFEMAN !!! Thanks for the info , I'm headed for CL tomorrow ! Got a night tourney with the club on Sat. , I'll definately keep what you , (and everyone else) said in mind !! Hey I'll tell Miguel You said hello , that will definately bring a smile ta his face !! You know that 284 senko is still his number- one/go to bait !! Your name comes up often-every weekend right after he sticks one with that 284 - I Hear " thank you Rick "from the back of the boat !! Or right behind me , ( he fishes where ever he wants you know !!). You know it's got ta be HIS confidence bait ! Cause I'll have one on also and he'll still stick it ta me 2-1 !!!
Take care Rick talk to ya later !!
I fish em as id with the exception of trimming the weed guard or thinning it rather......I have been experimenting with little tiny sponges before the trailer to hold more stink.
rattles added at times....I usually ferget or they break off.
Wth this skirt being a lot longer i can see that it will work well with that bigger double and single tail grubs by Mr. Yamamoto but are those hooks bigger to support that or did you stay with that 3/0 like you got on the 1/2 oz. jigs?
I have some that are trimmed... I have some that i have done nothing to...I have some that i have pulled out half the rubber... I have some that I added rattles to...I have some that i have dyied...I have some that i have cut the weed guard off...
Point is these jigs work great any way you decide to fish em. Trick is YOU have to figure out what one of the 31 flavors is working best that day! Fish what you have confidence in!
"The fishing was good; it was the catching that was bad."
. Beautiful jig ! How do you guys fish'em , that is trim it down , the whole skirt or the bottom one length and the the rubber comming UP around the neck shorter , or a different length , or just leave it alone , and hang the trailer on ?? I know theres no one way ,but what do you guys like ?
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