I don't think you will have any trouble due to length really! If your fishing for Bluegills then you would have a huge problem, but Crappie have that big ol mouth and I have never really had any trouble with length of my tails and have used some that were pretty long. There is a guide on this lake that I know ties his on jigs and just about only uses Craft Fur which we all know is long and he uses the full length of that for his jigs! Even with a thread neck style that would be a long jig and he doesn't have any problems!

Just fish it and see what happens, lol!

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