Sickle hooks??

[FishingDog]

Where can you buy Red Sickle hooks? There always out whereever I call.

[shipahoy41]

Send Skip (Skiptomylou) a PM. He can put you on the right path.

[ShilohRed]

Where can you buy Red Sickle hooks? There always out whereever I call.

What size and how many are you looking for? I can check with the place I get mine from. Don't know what they will cost. As everyone is after them.
Pete

[gilby1955]

are the better than reg hooks, and how much better. I need all the help I can get. I recently started tying my own but since I am a total novice I am using what ever I have or can find locally. I did see a place on Ebay that had the sickle hooks for a fair price and if they are worth the effort I will order some.

[FishingDog]

I'm looking for red sickle hooks to use in my jig molds for 1/16oz and 1/32oz jigs. I'd like to buy 500 of each size. Thanks!:D

[JCnMS]

I started pouring jig heads last year using red sickle hooks. I use the largest hook size for the mold. I use #2 in a 1/16 oz and #1/0 in a 1/8 oz mold. These hooks are sharp and provide a good wide gap. My son caught 93 on one jig head before he lost it and it was still sharp then.

[skiptomylu]

are the better than reg hooks, and how much better. I need all the help I can get. I recently started tying my own but since I am a total novice I am using what ever I have or can find locally. I did see a place on Ebay that had the sickle hooks for a fair price and if they are worth the effort I will order some.

It kind of depends on how you fish. If you fish heavy brush you will get hung up more with Sickles IMHO. I love them because they are sharp, but there are other hooks that are sharp as well.

I have a guide fried here on T-Bend and he likes 1/8 oz with #8 or #6 regular bend hooks because he fishes heavy brush most of the time.

If you want to go with a regular bend and just like the gap you have with a sickle then just go to the next larger size hook.

My main reason for liking them is they are sharp and that is all. As far a quality? Their Quality control sux pretty bad and that I don't like.

I keep both sickle hooks and regular bend hooks in stock.

Skip

[JCnMS]

I did have a box of 100 #2 that had a bad shank length issue. I had forgotten about that.
The larger gap seems to give me more jiggle room while trying to shake a jig free IMHO.

[guest01]

skip is right there quality control is horrible. I used to sell the reds but the red coating would come off with the first fish.I my self am about to give up on using them because they come from a company that doesnt care about quality or demand. They have actually caused a black market on them. when in stock you can get them for around 33 per thousand on the red hooks some vender's are trying to charge as much as 100 per thousand. the l;ast box I got pretty well summed it up. it said Matzuo colorado, made it china packaged in Korea

[ShilohRed]

They sure catch fish like crazy. But will also catch you in a heart beat.
pete