Flashabou issue

[jkurtkrauss]

Made a couple of muskie spinners with flashabou skirt material but they are lifeless in the water. The skirt just lays flat with none of the undulating one would like. Any suggestions on how to get this to flare out?

 

 Thanks 

[toadfrog]

Getting action from that type of material is tough s you know. Either put something like a piece of surgical tube under it to push it out or cut it extra long and tie it with the long part towards the top . That way when you hold it by the eye it falls back and makes it's own natural flare.

[Jig Man]

5 hours ago, toadfrog said:

Getting action from that type of material is tough s you know. Either put something like a piece of surgical tube under it to push it out or cut it extra long and tie it with the long part towards the top . That way when you hold it by the eye it falls back and makes it's own natural flare.

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[JD_mudbug]

I tie my flashabou on a rivet. The flashabou being tied close to the rivet head causes it to flare out.  I saw that method in the following video. The skirt tying starts at 12:00.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DtJdI0TXQWk

You can put a skirt collar on top of the thread to cause the flashabou to flare if for some reason the rivet does not.

I have also made some flashabou skirts using a cheap skirt tool (tube with a hooked wire inside it type). I just put a skirt collar on the flashabou using the tool. You can roll a piece a scrap paper around the flashabou like a homemade 'cigarette' to make it manageable to get it in the tube. I use needle nose pliers to get the flashabou skirt on the rivet. Slide the skirt up to the rivet head and the use a zip tie over the skirt collar to hold it in place. Pushing the skirt up to the head of the rivet causes the skirt to flare. I was lazy and made a couple like this at the beginning of the year because no tying is involved. They have lasted so far.  I have also used the skirt collar and zip tie method to make flashabou spinnerbaits and chatterbaits.