Sold on sickle jigs

Okay, I've been having a hard time believing what I have been told about sickle hooks. However, the last two dock trips have me sold on 'em now. This past thursday, I fished a regular jig for awhile and then switched to sickles in the same colors after a few fish shook the hook. EVERY fish was hooked in the top of the mouth very solidly with the sickles... no shaking them!
Went out this evening to a different dock to try and apply some new ideas and techniques there. Ended up catching way more fish than I had before, and the sickles brought 'em home again!
Check this out...
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For gills and white bass, a regular bend hook will do just fine. For the finicky and light biting crappie who can shake a hook pretty easy, I am switching to sickles! Guess I've got a Crazy Angler order to make.... ;)
Zac

I'm hooked on them too quivira kid!!! A friend of mine crappiepro is hooked on them too!!! Does crazy angler sale them painted and ready to fish with?

Thats Right a great Jig Hook no doubt.

Only problem that I have had is they will not bend when you get snagged. The will break at the first bend..
Other than that they are great...

I have found that some people that pour sickle heads get them too hot and make them brittle. The red and gold sickle hooks are the worst about breaking sometime they even break at the eye when over heated. Over the years I have never seen a bronze sickle hook break. I used to buy regular jig heads from walmart until every other hook was breaking. I have always bought quality sickle heads off of ebay and at TNT Tackle Online and Jasons Jigs and More items - Get great deals on JIG AND GRUB BODIES, JIG HEADS items on eBay Stores!

Kid, I'm a new convert to sickle hooks too. Used bigger ones for a while and was still on the fence. Pbug and I got together on a trade a while back and I got some of the smaller ones and I like em. Better hook ups and less early release(convict fish).

I like them too but no doubt about it, the sickles break easier than a standard hook.

Sometime you run into some QC problems, but for what they are, they are the best. no other hook is that sharp and has the good hook up ability that are also price competitive.

Welcome to the Sickle party!

Skip

smaller sizes will work great for bluegills and the other fish you mentioned.i like how sharp the sickles are.

I like em but I still have thousands of regular Mustads and a bunch of Eagle Claws too.

Fatman

Shoot even the 10/0 Sickles are sharp as can be. We sell a lot of the bigger Sickles for catfishing and everyone talks about how good they stick you and you don't even know they have you until its 2 late LOL
Pete

you have to be extremely careful with sickle hooks they definitely will bite you. We are going to start tying up jigs for steelhead I'm sure once they start using a sickle quote they will be amazed.

I've been using them more lately. They're definitely sharp but I think the wider gap makes a big difference too. Been mostly using them for casting but have made a few jigs for tightlining. Been worried that such a sharp hook is going to keep me hung up in brushpiles.

Can anybody who has used them tell me if they are any worse than a Eagle Claw or Gamakatzu for hanging up?

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Originally Posted by skiptomylu

Sometime you run into some QC problems, but for what they are, they are the best. no other hook is that sharp and has the good hook up ability that are also price competitive.

Welcome to the Sickle party!

Skip

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I just got some small jelly jigs from Snake River. They have the small sickle hooks on them. They really look awesome and we will field test them next week in South Carolina at Lake Hartwell and then the following week at Guntersville Lake. I might be joining the sickle family on the smaller jigs.

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Originally Posted by snake River

you have to be extremely careful with sickle hooks they definitely will bite you. We are going to start tying up jigs for steelhead I'm sure once they start using a sickle quote they will be amazed.

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Real nice jelly jigs my friend. The chartreuse jelly body with the chartreuse tail is awesome. Thanks again.

I really like sickle hooks....they seem to make a lot of difference

Bronson

If you fish where there's a chance of getting hung up, I don't care what brand of hook you use you can get hung up, just the nature of fishing where the tangles are although the I haven't figured out yet which one will straighten out first trying to get them unstuck

Fatman

I always heard that if you were not getting hung up that you were not fishing where the fish are. :D

I always order my jig heads instead of pouring them and I always get the sickle hooks. They are sharp now. If I was diabetic, I could check my blood sugar 10 times a day. LOL