Dipping tails?

[vandamit]

How often do you dip the tails on your flipping baits? I dip mine chartreuse atleast 70% of the time. Confidence thing I guess!

[cmclairday2]

Probably 25% of the time. If I’m fishing really clear water I dip them. The more stained, the less I worry about it.

[avidbasser]

April - August, early September I'm dipping my tails.

[pabasshawk]

Always dip the tails, have for years and it works for me. I like chartreuse with garlic.

[illinifish]

Probably 25% of the time. If I’m fishing really clear water I dip them. The more stained, the less I worry about it.

I do just the opposite

[Transom]

Not flipping baits because they do not sit still long but I dip ribbontail or straight tail worms from time to time.

Not because of color but because of scent. I do not believe a subtle color change like that matters.

[cmclairday2]

I do just the opposite

Maybe that’s why I suck at fishing

[B.Combs]

I do just the opposite

I was going to say the same thing! The clearer the water, the less I dip mine.

[cmclairday2]

I was going to say the same thing! The clearer the water, the less I dip mine.

If the water is really clear I add a small amount of chartreuse to either smoke purple or watermelon green tails. If it’s dirty I don’t worry about much added color

[ECobb91]

I use the spike it markers to dye the tips of the trailers on my swim jigs. That’s about the only time I ever do

[limitlong]

I use chartreuse or orange on my jig trailers probably 25% of the time. I tend to use the dye more often in stained water.

[cubswin]

Depends how the fish are biting.

[gatrboy52]

I do just the opposite

Same here. Orange and lLoosa are always dirty or muddy. The chartrues flash seems to help

[cmclairday2]

If I'm in dirtier water I'm going dark anyhow. I never dip a black/blue or black trailer.

[crawdadking]

Hardly ever

[Squire]

almost always dip. I have Red, Orange, Methiolate, Chartreuse and Blue in the boat. When you read about craw colors and how they change, and I have gone so far as to have a crawfish
trap I occasionally put out, and you see the bits and pieces in your livewell, you know that Craws have a variance in colors, and during certain periods are very Red, or Black, or Green, etc.
But, don't forget, Bass are curious...so I play at times and die one craw orange, the other either blue (dirty water) or chartreuse (when Bluegill are around), etc...Complexity and contrast help
IMO....

[osutodd]

I never dip anything dark colored or red to color it. Green pumpkin/watermelon baits always get either a little dip on the tip of the tail, or if it's clear water, just a brush with the pen.

But all soft plastics get a dip in the clear garlic scent if I'm not adding color.

Walleye fishing in Canada, I use a small fluke shaped bait on a round jighead. Most colors get either a chartreuse tail, or a swipe of the chartreuse pen on the belly.

[Cajun Skeeter]

Around 100% of the time.

[Mark Perry]

Usually just in the warmer months.

[Rangerdeepv]

Never done it.