Feather Or No Feather

[Mitch f]

Cabin fever has set in so bad.....especially after last nights train wreck called the Grammy's.......

So I started thinking about warmer weather and the top water bite. Do you guys take off the feather on the rear trebles of your top waters?

[Flysmallie]

Do you guys take off the feather on the rear trebles of your top waters?

No. I like it.

[Quillback]

I use a Gunfish quite a bit and it comes with a feathered treb. Works well, and when the feathers get torn up, I replace with another feathered treble. I have some Yozuri, small, 4" pencil poppers that don't come with a feathered treble, and they work quite well at times also.

[Mitch f]

Funny you guys mentioned the Gunfish...that's specifically the lure I had in mind.

[Wayne SW/MO]

I retie some. I really like marabou and even though it can tend to tangle it doesn't seem to hurt hookups and it still gives some action.

[fishinwrench]

A bulky dressed rear treble on a Wiggle wart is a killer!

And I think it improves any jigging spoon.

I don't like them on suspending jerkbaits though.

[Quillback]

Hmmmm, dressed treble on a Wart - I like that idea..

[fishinwrench]

Hmmmm, dressed treble on a Wart - I like that idea..

A few feathers won't do it, but a big wad of squirrel tail or bucktail really gives the wart a new life.

[MOsmallies]

I experimented adding a feathered treble to several walking baits last year and I liked it on some but not others. I need to give it more of a try out this year. I wouldn't fish a popper without a feathered treble, but I'm still not fully sold on walking baits, and prop baits. More testing will be done this year. Never have tried it on a crankbait or jerkbait (Besides the X-Rap). I also couldn't find a stock feathered treble that I like, so I started tying my own.

[Mitch f]

A bulky dressed rear treble on a Wiggle wart is a killer!

Yep, the feathers don't work on the front hook of the Wart, like other lures. The front hook seems to be the pivot point and the feathers would just stays still......but I gotta try the rear hook thing!