anyone ever make any with a size 6 hook? if so how do they work??
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anyone ever make any with a size 6 hook? if so how do they work??
Hook is a bit on the small side, but I do know a guide here on this lake that fishes almost only brush piles and he likes that size hook on a 1/8 oz head. He says he loses less jigs like that or should I say his customers loose less that way.
I still have a pretty good many and I guess he's the only one I make some for time to time. I get no other request for that combo size.
All of them are regular bend I think and if you used Sickle they would have a bigger gap, but also the hook is shorter so you may run out of room between the hook point and the head. At lease with the regular bend the hook point is a bit farther away.
Skip
i seen that also im trying to use a 4...bought some 4 and 6 sickle hooks to pour some also... been making 1/16 6 and 4 i love the 1/16-6 though. the reason for the 1/8-4 is that i got some hybrid strippers i like to catch..and the drill bit eyes, i did a search on it but couldnt find anything. could you repost how you do it skip
Hey just get your self a cheap set of drill bits and make sure the butt end is flat and not cupped. Depending on the size of the head just pick one about half the size of the other to make the pupil. Just pick what ever color you want first and apply it with the drill bit and after that dries just do the same thing for the pupil with one half the size of the other one.
I use #4 Sickles on almost all the size jig heads I keep in stock. I even have some 1/64 with #6 & #4 Sickles in them. I use #4 in the 1/8 I fish with for sure.
Skip
i mainly bought the stuff for myself but now i think im going to put them on my site and sell them...i like anything to do with fishing...even dabbling in musky lures....
the 1/8-6 looks tuff. i fish some fast water some times, in the rivers its exactly what i was wanting...
I havent made any yet but i prefer smaller hooks because at time i prefer smaller bodies and i want them to match. I made a few molds to accept smaller hooks. Skin hooking is the only problem with the occasional bass or catfish and that with smaller 10 hooks. I ordered some sickle 10 jigs hooks to hopefully help with that. #6 should be fine.
10 sickles are killer for steelheads and rainbows... i order 2-4-6-8- today may have to order some 10 for next yrs trout season. in 2 days i bet i pourd 1500 heads lol, from 1/32 to 1/4
Yes Pbug now your getting with the program. I have been pouring a bunch myself. Now to clip and clean them then paint and Eye them before I can even tie them. Tell me are we having fun yet. Hats off to you guys that do it 24,7,365. Right now I am at the just having fun stage.
Redman
i do it 24-7-365.. and i am having a blast...wished i wouldve done this sooner..all the lead i bought at yard sale in form of sinkers i melted it down had alittle over 67lbs...bought me a ingot mold and melted it down now its easier to store
I ordered my number #10 black nickle sickle hooks from a guy about 2 months ago. Me said it would take him a while to build up and order to send. I may have start looking for a source as soon as i can finish my lead pot.
Where are you guys buying 10 sickle in black from?
I just got the part for my lathe so i can build the valve for my all stainless bottom pour lead pot. and get to pouring some serious jigs.
crazyanglertackle.com its where i get everything or barlows
Yep Crazyanglertackle.com has the best prices I have found and great service. Two months for him to get you order filled MY GOD. you must be paticent. With Crazyangler I call one day and two days later I have my order. Don't matter what I order I got it.
Pbug ask your salvage yard if they have any sash weights in lead. That and lead pipe but the pipe is sometimes dirty. Wheel weight is good but alot of work to take off the metal tabs. I cut the sash weights with a jig saw with a metal cutting blade works great.
That saves me from having to melt twice. More time to fish and tie.
Redman
1500 in 2 days man i wish i could have doone that back in the day when i sold heads i might have stayed doin it i norm poured and cleaned 3000 a day im spring im so glad i dont do that any more lol
as for 1/8 with a 6 i had a guy in tx who would get 2000 with size 6 sickles like every 4 months only person who ever did
Um, i just checked my email, and i ordered them from crazy angler tackle based on the boards recommendation.Quote:
Originally Posted by Redman
its taken you 2wks to get something robert? crazy angler
I dont' pour 24-7-365 but when I do pour I do it for 8 horus straight untill I have all I want poured. I'll do it for 2-3 days in a row then it's cleanup time.
Fatman
Judging from the last date probably 6 weeks or so, but in all fairness these are not any normal stock items and probably ordered directly from Matzuo. He was also looking into some #14 jig hooks for me also but they were 2x normal cost of #12s. I really dont even expect them for a while but thats fine, I have not gotten them yet. The hooks were black nickle matzuo sickle jigs hooks in #10 and no one stocks them that i found.
u may want to get ahold of him. i ordered alot of stuff from him. and he had a few that wasnt in stock, only took 3-4 days extra to get them.