Adding Whiskers to Soft Plastics

Have you ever wanted to add your own appendages to soft plastic bait to change its appearance and give the bass a bait with a different look and action?

I know I have, especially around dragon fly hatches when the bass are chomping on these winged morsels and sometimes get very finnicky about what baits they'll bite! 

When this happens I take some 3" and 4" soft stickbaits and add a several strands of jig/spinnerbait skirt matierial a short distance from the head of the bait. This gives it the appearance of wings to an otherwise bland soft stickbait.

It's not that hard to do, you just need a tab of skirt material and a tool like a threader for a fly tying bobbin (see below). 

If you are lacking a threader, you can even take a piece of thin but stiff wire and bend it over to create your own threading tool.

To get a better idea of how this bait hack works, take a moment and watch this short video from the folks at Omnia/Bass Utopia for a quick demo of the few steps needed...

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