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Correct me if I am wrong but most of the store bought jig heads lets say in a 1/16th oz. have a #4 hook and a 1/32th oz. has a #6 hook. I have noticed some of you guys tie 1/16th oz. head with the #6 hook.What is the benefit of using the #6 hook with the 1/16th oz. head?
i do alot of dippin brush and i like the 1/16 because it gets me down in the brush faster and the #6 is a lil smaller so it snags alil less but still got anuff hook to hook mr.paper mouth
I agree with Killer but, during agressive feeding I like the shorter hook's they offer a faster rotation thus not near as many deep hooked fish. I tend to tie the tails alittle longer and full for the brush also.
On small jigs, either size hook, I still bend it to the side a bit so it's not in line with the eye or line.....kirbing the hook.
I thought most of the store bought 1/16 heads had #2, but sometime i dont pay attention to the stuff ill never buy. I like to match the hook to the size of body im using. Such as with tubes i like the hook at the base of the body not 1/2 way down the tail. I use slider grubs that are really short and the longer hooks come to close to the tail of the bait and i do not want the hook to diminish the action or cause the tail to tear easier but mostly its that the bait looks visually balanced to my eye. I have some small bodies that i have to use #8 hooks if not the hook would come out the b_tt. Also if im using a jig for bluegill i want a size 8 hook.
I go against the grain on hook size. I like a big hook with a wide gap. Might just be me, but I feel I can shake it out of the brush much easier. The smaller hooks tend to "bite" the brush, where the larger ones will hang on a limb without biting as much. To each his own.........
okay here is your basics......1/4=#2 or #1 1/8=#2 1/16=#4 1/32=#6 1/64=#8 1/80=#8
hopes this helps you...this is the basic for most molds but you can go up or down a hook size in most molds also
I have a friend that guides for crappie 100% of the time and all he will use is a 1/8 oz with a regular bend hook. It is for the fishing brush is about all he does and says he loses a lot less jig doing that.
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The sickles bite everything better,fish and brush .Because they have a wider gap and their unique bend they are also harder to free from brush when you do snag up.Since I make my own jigs from scratch except the hook I don't mind losing some to brushpiles as the cost is minimal.
Depend on the angler and the fish they're targeting.
I just had to modify a mold to pour 1/8oz on a 2/0 Eagle Claw 630. That's one BIG hook.
I like #1 hooks in all my jigs. Have been useing #2, just switched up to 1 and love it. Get it loose from brush easier and don't lose near the fish I did with the normal #4 and #6 hooks.