Skirt Question

[nso123]

I have been making my skirts using skirt collars. It seems that the portion of the skirt material that is toward the jig head seems to want to stand up and not lay back. Is there something that I might be doing wrong, or a simple fix for this?  I would appreciate any help. 

[mark poulson]

I tie my skirts on with thread, and then wire wrap over that, so the skirt is pinched and forced away from the jig's head.  The jigs I use have a skirt color to tie the skirt onto which helps force the skirt material up away from the jig head.  I've found that rubber skirt colors don't pinch tight enough to do that.

[cadman]

If you were wire tying and pushing your skirt up against the jighead like Mark mentioned then I can see this happening. If you are using rubber collars, don't push the collar and the skirt up against the head. Back it off if you can. On another note, I wire tie and I like my skirts to flare out by the head. It gives the jig head more bulk. Also with the skirt up against the head, when the jig is pulled or dragged all the skirts strand fold back anyway.

[nso123]

36 minutes ago, cadman said:

If you were wire tying and pushing your skirt up against the jighead like Mark mentioned then I can see this happening. If you are using rubber collars, don't push the collar and the skirt up against the head. Back it off if you can. On another note, I wire tie and I like my skirts to flare out by the head. It gives the jig head more bulk. Also with the skirt up against the head, when the jig is pulled or dragged all the skirts strand fold back anyway.

I have wire tied some and they are a bit better, but I will see if I can slide the collar down a little bit. I am like you in knowing the strands will all fold back when it’s being fished. I guess this is just more of an aesthetic concern. 

[canuck 2]

I find that the skirt collar position on the skirt tabs length definitely changes the presentation. I like and this is just a personal preference to place the tab 40/60 along the length with the 40% side facing the hook and the 60% length facing the head. I use a lot of different styles of  trailers on my spinnerbaits, usually grubs and want a shorter body coverage with the longer outside trailing skirt fibers  blended back over to form a tapered effect to the start of the grub tail.  50/50 is ok but just looks to me to be less realistic as a bait fish imitation. A 30/70 balance will give a longer tail/body contour without that spikey  flared out head look. Try just moving the collar position for different effects and technics.

I too wire tie to give endurance to the skirt as I find collars dry up and come off ,get tooth cut too often loosing your skirt material way before the bait is worn out or bit off by toothy critter's before its time.