Smooth - since I've been pouring for 43 yrs. I'll answer what I can for you

If you had to pick between red or black nickel finish sickle hooks, which would it be? Would you still buy the other? You're going to have to buy both! Sorry but some customers are going to want what they want, and as a business you gotta have em all in order to compete

Do you buy regular round bend hook jigheads with sickles on the mark Even though I pour my own I have red sickles, black chrome and gold - I also have thousands of old stock Mustad and EC round bends - again you'll have customers who may want them

Would you ever buy jigs with premium Gamakatsu or Owner hooks? Not for the faint of heart or brush jiggers at around $10-15 per 25. Me personally NO - I'd get the cheaper Mustad or EC but I know you're tired of hearing it people want what they want

How many jigheads total do you buy at once? 50, 100, 500, 1000, 5000? For me NA, but I know having read some of the posts here on the boards of guys buying lots of different quantities

Other than standard round head no collar and round head with barb for plastics, what other jig head styles would you like? Tough to answer! people want what they want - there's pill, bullet, walley, chub and on and on

What kind and weight of dropshot/bell weights do you use, if you do for spider rigging, etc. NA I'm a shore fisherman

I've heard plenty of the folks not just here but other boards as well you're not going to get rich doing it, it's gonna take up YOUR fishing time and there are a whole bunch of folks doing it - you'll have to stand behind your product! Couple of folks have even upgraded to spin casting machines to pour bulk fast. Others will tell you to make sure you have all the proper paperwork and make the IRS help you so you don't have any problems!

Good Luck!!! and hope it works out for you.