Ice should be out in a couple days, and I want to really to explore hair jigs. I picked up a few Preachers in various sizes and wonder what, if any trailers ?  Any insight is appreciated!

Preacher style jigs are warm water baits mostly and they don't use trailers. They have long bucktail and longer feathers and the feathers are where the action comes from as the bucktail provides the baitfish profile. Cold water hair jigs are usually smaller, 1/4oz and less and are fished with and without trailers, for my smaller trailers I like the Zoom Tiny Chunk, and the Venom lures Ron Yurko Finesse Chunk. For the large jigs up to 1/4oz I like the Conquistador Finesse Pro Craw, and the Netbait Tiny Paca Chunk.

Thanks for the clarification.......

 

lucky I picked up a few Arkie Bucktails a couple weeks ago.

When 'swimming' a hair jig - there's never a trailer - jacks up the action (relative term).

'Crawling' one - the Reins Punching Predator Creature Bait works well in cold water.

 

A-Jay

I’ll dead stick a hair jig with a Havoc Bottom Hopper. Between the hair and that floating worm, the slightest movement is magnified and turns finicky eaters into biters. 

Smaller size 1/8-3/8 oz hair jigs I use UJ pork 101 Spin Frogs, soft plastics Don Iovino 2" or 2 1/2" hand poured jig trailers, soft with good movement and good colors.

Tom