What is the advantage of the sickle hook?
What size hook on a 1/16 jig head do yall use?
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What is the advantage of the sickle hook?
What size hook on a 1/16 jig head do yall use?
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Personally, I don't use them. Mainly due to the difficulty that I have trying to thread a plastic body on straight. Too many bends and turns for quick re-baiting, especially when the bite is hot. I don't have any problem hooking up with standard jig hooks anyway. JMO. :)
I, personally, don't use them very often .... preferring a regular Aberdeen hook. Currently on a 1/16oz jighead & 1/32oz jighead I am using a #2 Aberdeen hook. Reason being so I can use thicker/bigger bodied plastics and still have a good gap between the plastics & hook point. I have mine custom made with that hook size & weedless.Quote:
Originally Posted by pops72106
Most I have used have been fine wire which is nice for pulling a hung jig loose. If you're tipping I have noticed that the minnow falls off easier. I dont mind them, but I dont seek them out primarily.
All I use.
Plus
Better hook set
Small barb allows hook to really get deep
Super sharp
Meg
If you tip with minnow hooked through lip
Matzuo and eagle claw the small barb will let minnow slide off at times
Mustard has little larger barb and not so much of a problem
On 1/16 I pour #1 or 1/0 but most prefer #2 and depending on size fish you are targeting a 4 works good. I changed to sickle hooks when they first came out and won’t change back. To many pluses for me.
X2! Couldn’t have said it better.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cray
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^^^ What he said. ^^^Quote:
Originally Posted by Crestliner08
Use a #4 Little nasty..easier to get in and out of Brush,nasty places where big crappie live....Attachment 359301
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#2 red sickle on 1/32 and 1/16. They hook deep and solid. I buy them from a tackle shop near me. I powder coat them myself.
I use both but I prefer sickles since they are much sharper than regular J-hooks.
Long lining I prefer sickle. They just seem to hook better and keep the fish on.
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I also pour my own and for what size I use, depends on where I’m fishing. Trolling, #2 normal casting I use #4, and if I get into the grabby stuff I go down to #6. Sickles are all I use. I use a #8 and a 1/64 head with 2 lb test and land fish over 2 lbs. they hook and hold. Hard to find a regular bend hook in my box. They are so sharp that when they bump flesh, they bury. I can go on but I’m fully convinced that a sickle hook is the better alternative. Even use them in salt water in bigger sizes.
a number 6 sickle on a 1/16 or 1/32 ballhead is about a fisheez nightmare if I am dangling it , just saying
I prefer a good sickle hook myself in most cases .
1/0 red sickle, 1/8oz double collar head, 3 inch Keitech Easy Shiner.
Plastics thread on just like any other hook...probably easier due to fine wire.
Like others said...fine wire is sharper, can pull free, hook ups are better...too many benefits!
I just started using sickle hooks this spring and summer. I bought a few 1/32 oz ones in three different colors. I have been very happy with them. They are super sharp and I have been getting really good hook sets with them. I would recommend anybody to at least try them.
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