Twister tails

When fishing jigs with twister tails – do you put the twister with the tail up or down? Does it really make a difference? How critical is it that hook be in the center if the tail? If the fish are hitting short – do you pinch off some of the twister to shorten the length of the jig? So many fish – so little time…
Tight lines…

I always thread them on with the tail opposite the hook, don’t use twisters a lot but with ringworms anyway. I guess that would be down when you are looking at it from a retreive stand point.

When getting short strikes I’ll lighten up my jig weight that’s usually the best way for me to get those less agressive fish to get that bait in their mouth. Try and change colors will work sometimes as well. Showing them a different color pattern in a bait that is already getting bit will do the trick at times

I always put the tail away from the hook. That’s just the way I’ve always done it.
If the fish are short biting me I will lighten up and slow down a little.

Gator Hunter

I will normally put the tail down too but when an area where other guys are casting doing basicly the same thing and the bite slows down I have switched it around [tail up] to get an extra bite as all of a sudden the fish see something different and grab it. That and or color change can make a difference. Kind of like us, we get tired of eating the same thing and like something different. So it can be with fish so change colors, change the presentation from a straight retrieve to a pop and sit,several hops and sit, drag and stop etc. Thats what so great about the B-Fish-N Tackle ring worms as there are so many different colors available and some even have a glitter look to give them an entire different look and attraction to the fish. Give them something alittle different sometimes is all it takes. Going to a lighter jig can slow the fall rate and look more inviting to them. Or even going to a heavier jig can make it fall faster so the fish thinks it may be trying to get away quicker too. Ever look inside a persons boat and maybe see 50 different jigs laying on the carpet or stuck in the carpet on the inside side of his boat? You know what hes been doing-experimenting with different sizes and colors and finding out what the fish wanted that day.

Thanks, Bill

One thing that I have noticed when you put the tail away from the hook… For myself, I almost dead stick the movement of my plastics. IF the tail is away from the hook the action of the tail will not need hardly any movement to get the tail to move. IF the tail is turned the other way one really has to work the plastic to get more action on the tail .

That’s alot of good information…
Thanks!
Tight lines…

I can’t speak for MN bodies (because I’m a noob at most of them) but in Canada, I fish tail down pretty religiously..

The reason is because “in my head” tail down roughly translates into the fact that the hook is disguised…. especially when live bait is added.

Right or wrong.. thats me! Have a great day!

-jon

set them plastics with the tail away from the hook…it keeps the tail from hooking on the jig hook…

At times when my ringworm is getting torn up from catching fish I will hook the ringworm with the tail positioned sideways (horizontal). It does not appear to make much of a difference on the catch rate. I think it may look like an injured minnow swimming on its side and may actually trigger a bite. I’m starting to think like a fish – cabin fever has definitely set in.