Jig trailers
Back in da day I used many worm leftovers as trailers. Even lizards.
Was I just being frugal? Sure. Did it work? Yes.
Why did I stop?
Because the print magazines of the day told me about “better” trailers!
I began as did most bass anglers did with the old jig and pig. Almost.
A rubber skirted jig, with a fiber weed guard and, get this, a gold hook!
I remember the day well. A small bait and tackle shop in Wells, Vermont.
I purchased two jigs. Both 3/8 ounce. A black one, and a brown one.
I think the first of many bass I ever caught on these jigs were with no trailer! Imagine that!
Blasphemy! No respectable bass angler would dare fish a jig with no trailer!
Beyond that. I will remain silent!
As things would evolve (or, as I was brain washed by fishing how too articles that were just disguised marketing) I began to experiment with trailers (the marketing worked!) I as I do, I could not throw away used plastic worms that still had good tails.
Those worms would then become jig trailers.
As a side note. Those who think shakey heads are new, are either young, or oblivious. We fished many of these worm parts on jig heads. That was in the ancient days of the 1980’s. One very popular technique was a straight black worm with a chartreuse tip on a jig head. Connecticut River Smallmouth could not resist a Motor Oil worm on a red jig head.
So is a fancy $5.99 for five trailers better than a re purposed worm as a trailer?
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