hooks

**kdlong** · 04-14-2011, 02:10 PM

okay i'm about out of hooks for pouring jig heads. what brand do you guys like. i have been using eagle claw but i'm thinking about a different brand to try. gamagatsu? or maybe some of the colored hooks by eagle claw.i want something thats sharp and stout.

**Ranger09** · 04-14-2011, 02:21 PM

Kenny for the money and as fast at they are lost eagle claw 570 you cant go wrong..the 1/16 oz doit mold says to use #4's but I use #2's due to them being bigger and holding my Tenkiller Crappie better..To many pulling off of those lil hooks for me..just my 2 cents worth

**kdlong** · 04-14-2011, 02:26 PM

that is why i was switching. those little hooks are hard for me to get out. but if i can use the #2 instead that is what i will do. never thought about that.thanks mark i have a bunch of # 2 hooks for my 1/8 oz jigs that i can use.

**Ranger09** · 04-14-2011, 02:27 PM

Sounds like ur fixed up then..works like a charm..and if you pour up more than you need i can always take some off ur hands..

**kdlong** · 04-14-2011, 02:31 PM

i might just pour up a few this evening and give them a try. mark if you ever need any molds for sinkers or jigs i have a pretty good selection. your more than welcome to use. how many jig heads do you want? i'll fix you up buddie.

**Ranger09** · 04-14-2011, 02:33 PM

Since you asked oh about a 1000 might work for a few days...naw but thanks..hey 1 question what s minner..that something like a sardine

**kdlong** · 04-14-2011, 02:38 PM

it's supposed be one of those live thing that goes on a hook that does look kinda like a sardine. thats how my neice says minnow for some reason. she even spells them that way. everytime i take her crappie she has to have her minners.

**SlabHungry** · 04-15-2011, 01:34 AM

My last few packs of hooks I bought to cast in jigs were Matzuo 9064 Red Sickle Jig Hooks. I switched to these this season and have only lost one fish that was initially hooked. I also just got in some #2 hooks to try instead of #4. Really like those sickle hooks.

**SmokyOkie** · 04-15-2011, 02:08 PM

Can you fill in the ]those among us that are ignorant to sickle hooks? I heard about them briefly at the Longtown gathering, but when I ask around for them at stores, they try to tell me that I'm talking about circle hooks.

**SlabHungry** · 04-15-2011, 04:21 PM

Hi smoky, I ordered the hooks in packs of 100 from Barlow's Tackle. Here is a link to follow. The link is to jig hooks, but you can buy other type of sickle hooks also. I think they are all made by Matzuo. I prefer the red colored hooks. I've paired them with slab buster jig bodies and been cleaning a lot of Crappie.

Matzuo 9064 Jig Hooks

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