mustad crappie lite jighooks

[redear]

has anyone here used the new mustad crappie lite jighooks 32889 with 2x lite wire? supposedly they made these years ago and they hadn't been in production for a while, just wondering about the quality and sharpness.

[skiptomylu]

Not I, sorry!

[redear]

ok, the jighooks have been shipped so it will be a couple days. I ordered the size 4 for the kiptail jigs I tie, sometimes the extra lite wire will come in handy around brush, and also the barb on that hook looks big enough to help keep a minnow on the hook, hooked just behind the lips, for times when I am fishing open water with crappie nibbles on the hook, matzuo's work great for that.

[Fatman]

Let us know what you think of them once you get them!!!

[redear]

ok, will do.

[bigorange84]

If they are as sharp as there light wire aberdean hook they will be great. I have gone to all blue mustad on my minnow hooks. They are sticky sticky sharp. Still use sickle hooks for all of my jigheads.

[redear]

i'm waiting for the package anxiously.

[bkabina]

I have them in size 4 and 2. Haven't got to fish with them yet but they are sharp and poured with no problems.

[redear]

Ok, just wanted to check in with ya'll as the size 4 extra lite wire mustad's came today. I took 2 out of the package and looked them over, for an aberdeen bend extra lite wire jighook with the old style beaked point, non chemically sharpened, they are perfect. they are super super sharp for this style point and they grab, scratch into my thumbnail when dragged across it with no pressure. they are beautifully finished in a medium to dark bronze finish and the ones I have checked are perfectly formed with closed eyes, perfect 90 degree bends, and everything is just proportionally perfect as far as I can see, I am very very happy with them at this point. I am going to examine some more tonite and make sure they are all perfect. I really like the beaked old style point. just eyeballing them without holding them up against a 570 I think they may be just a tad longer in the shank but not much and the bend is really fully round till it makes the bend towards the point. real real nice, and I think mustad did a very good job on these. for an aberdeen bend extra lite wire jighook for crappie, I can't see how they could have done any better. I wanted these for fishing around brush and also because the normal sized barb will hold a minnow on the back of my jig better than a sickle. with these mustads for brushy situations and the sickles for open water we are gonna have all the bases covered. will get back later after examining a few more of them. I was worried about them being sharp enough to satisfy me as I have been unhappy with some of mustads sharpness these last few years but not to worry, these are about as sharp as you can get in an old style point, I'm very happy with them so far.

[redear]

Ok I just looked over about another 20 of them real closely checking sharpness on each one along with checking the eyes and the 90 degree bends and the consistency of length of the 90 leg and the consistency of shape from one to another and I have to give them a grade of A+, in the 20 or so I checked, to my eyes with reading glasses on and laying them on a white sheet of paper so I could see them better, they are consistant from one to another in every way, and the sharpness on each was awesome. I just ordered another box of 4's, it kind of looks like they are hard to find at this point unless you can purchase from shorty's which I can't. I can see these shining while fishing lilly pads and wood etc.