All Your Guys Be Very Careful Buying Any Sickle Hooks (FYI)

[skiptomylu]

I knew we had trouble with the new #4 Sickle hook, new meaning all of them that came into the country in the last couple months. Now it seems that the #4 are not the only size that has a problem breaking as I just heard the #6 and the #2's also are breaking very easy. Thankfully I have enough older ones to lat a little while, but soon if they don't make them good replacing what is out there now, it's now good!

Take if for what it's worth and if you don't believe it, then buy what you want.

Skip

[Cray]

I haven't had any break on me but fished with a buddy of mine couple of weeks ago. He was using some pony heads I had poured and given him a few months ago. He had 2 1/0 red break within a few minutes. One had never been used.

[Fatman]

So far the 2's and 6's I have are fine - the 4's are not. I've been incontact with Matzuo and I know they're running a new batch of the #4 Black Chrome, I sent an email last night asking the status of them and they said they would be replaced. I have posted that information to the board previously.

[skiptomylu]

Talk to Paul, he just got in some other sizes including the ones your talking about and there is a problem with these as well! Personally I have a lot on hold waiting for new ones to come in and the only ones I am getting made right now are from older orders that don't have this issue.

[GrouseFly]

I have 3000 #2's,3000#4's and 2000 #6's...all black chrome..that are not worth hitting a dog in the butt with..they all break in the same place at the 90 bend...i waited a month and got another 1000 6's to see if they had fixed the problem...ah no, they break just like the others did...why sell hooks when you know they are bad,been told they are bad by countless people, and have known about it for months??????

[Redge]

Thanks for the heads up Skip!

[skiptomylu]

Your Welcome. Sooner or later they will get some good one back in the USA, but right now it's not good.

[STUMP HUNTER]

Thanks for the heads up Skip. I need to order some but I will hold up on the sickles. I have enough to last until the fall of good hooks, was just going to get stocked up. I hope they get the problem worked out, I would hate to stop using them but I don't want any jigs out there that isn't worth a dine,,,,....

[Fatman]

I might just spread out the 2's and 6's and take a sample from throughout the box and test them again!!! The 2's and 6's I've poured so far have been fine. I had emailed the guy at Matzuo again checking on the status of the new 4's but he hasn't answered me back yet. I know some of you guys are on other boards if you could post links to the threads I'll attach them to the Matzuo guy, so he'll know it's not just me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[cschottfish]

Thank you Skiptomylu, I buy the hundred packs and last year was short 10 to 25 hooks per pack. The bad part is I love that 1/0 hook and still buy them knowing that the pack may be short.