I heard somewhere that you needed a narrower trailer to collect less trash while you flipping into the thick stuff.  What do you guys think?  Was a told a lie or should I stock up on narrow trailers?

You want something that will easily go through the cover.  a good example of this is a worm compared to a tube. The worm's tail makes it hard for the worm to fall into gaps. While a tube can easily slide in to places.  extra appendages give the lure more chances to catch the cover and not penetrate.

The ticket to flipping is that you want a lure that will get to the fish but not fall too fast for the fish to react to it. Action isn't as important in heavy cover than fall rate.( the fish won't be able to see the whole thing well anyhow)

Narrow trailers will slip into cover well but may cause the jig to fall too fast. check the fall rate. about a foot per second is the norm for me but remember to play around with it some and let the fish decide.

Hope that helps some

Mottfia

I've never considered using a narrower trailer, just one with less appendages to keep it from getting hung up.  My trailers are either a craw chunk which works great for the heavy grass and a hula grub which works wonders everwhere except heavy grass.

I almost always use a 4" Berkley Chigger Craw on my jigs.

I want a big jig with a big trailer & I want it to move grass on its way to the bottom not quietly slide down unnoticed.

Size doesn't make a jig collect grass profile does, if a jig or trailer has broad shoulders it catch grass

I want a big jig with a big trailer & I want it to move grass on its way to the bottom not quietly slide down unnoticed.

Size doesn't make a jig collect grass profile does, if a jig or trailer has broad shoulders it catch grass

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It's true, you do hang up less in heavy weeds with a narrower trailer.  I use a zoom swimming chunk when I fish a weed jig for that reason.  When I am using a flipping jig, I use a standard trailer.

It's true, you do hang up less in heavy weeds with a narrower trailer. I use a zoom swimming chunk when I fish a weed jig for that reason. When I am using a flipping jig, I use a standard trailer.

It's true; you do hang up less in heavy weeds with a narrower trailer

A narrower jig & trailer is why the bass don't notice you jig.

When flipping/pitching grass the subtle approach is not a good thing; you want the bass feeling your jig-n-craw moving grass as it crashes through instead of slipping through virtually unnoticed.