Thin Cut Skirts for Downsizing Bass Jigs, Spinnerbaits and Buzzbaits

Thin Cut Skirts. All dimensions - length, width, height - are proportionally less than standard skirts. It is made of the same silicone rubber as standard skirts but in terms of height (the thickness) of the material, it's made from a thinner or flatter sheet of rubber to begin with. Each stand is cut much thinner, and there are usually 60 thin cut strands per skirt. The length is shorter - only 4" compared to the 5-1/4" length of standard skirts.

Some anglers say the thinner strands have more action or movement. Whether that matters to fish, no one can prove. It's true these skirts are lighter and more airy than standard skirts. The main reason I use them at times is not because of any difference in action - but because of the dramatic difference in size.

When you need a spinnerbait, jig or buzz bait - just smaller - the overall smaller profile and miniature nature makes Thin Cut skirts ideal for downsizing situations.. And therein lies the major benefit of these Thin Cut skirts. All the proportions are balanced to be smaller. It's not a standard skirt clipped shorter - it's an overall smaller skirt in every proportion, and that makes it perfect for pressured fish, wary or cautious fish, clear water and for smaller waters like ponds, streams and tanks.

Sometimes you see spinnerbaits where the blades are made smaller, the wire arm is reduced size, and the head weight mass may be hidden beneath the skirt - all to give the illusion of a smaller spinnerbait. Little's been done to reduce the bulk of the skirt however, until now. The Thin Cut skirt truly let's you compact and condense down the key strike zone - the skirt - on spinnerbaits and buzzbaits.

Thin Cut skirts go great on finesse jigs too. They really show off the all-important jig trailer. On delicately-balanced swimming jigs, the perfect placement of each strand, plus the overall lighter, thinner skirt does not affect or influence the upright balance of a swimming jig as much as bulkier standard skirts that could make a swimming jig run lopsided.

Each strand is locked perfectly in place with a thin clear application of silicone adhesive sandwiched in between an inner core collar and outer band collar. It's hard to see there's any glue, but it's there, which is especially important to lock and keep the strands from getting pulled out of place. The inner collar is flanged on both ends to make the bloom-like flare you see where both sides of the strands flare off the collar.

Full size skirt (top). Thin cut skirt (bottom).

5 Spinnerbait/Jig Skirts ~ Chartreuse Shad Thin Cut

1/4 oz Spinnerbait ~ Style D ~ Chartreuse Shad Thin Cut

Full size skirt (top). Thin cut skirt (bottom).

5 Spinnerbait/Jig Skirts ~ Triple Chartreuse Thin Cut

1/4 oz Spinnerbait ~ Style R ~ Triple Chartreuse Thin Cut

1/4 oz Spinnerbait ~ Style B ~ Triple Chartreuse Thin Cut

1/4 oz Spinnerbait ~ Style B ~ Triple Chartreuse Thin Cut #2

Full size skirt (top). Thin cut skirt (bottom).

5 Spinnerbait/Jig Skirts ~ White Pearl Thin Cut

1/4 oz Spinnerbait ~ Style B ~ White Pearl Thin Cut

1/4 oz Spinnerbait ~ Style A ~ White Pearl Thin Cut

1/4 oz Spinnerbait ~ Style B ~ White Pearl Thin Cut #2

Full size skirt (top). Thin cut skirt (bottom).

5 Spinnerbait/Jig Skirts ~ Smallie Special Thin Cut

1/4 oz Spinnerbait ~ Style B ~ Smallie Special Thin Cut