Do you trim your tailfeathers?

[collegebum]

I was curious if any of you guys cut the feathers/flashing off of baits like the x-rap. I used to have a pop-r that I seemed to get a lot of short strikes on. I thought maybe it was because of that last treble hook that hangs down below the surface with feathers tied to it, so I trimmed them down. Maybe not such a big deal on the x-raps but I wondered if anyone else trimmed theirs.

*edit: Just noticed the mis-spelled title, too late now...