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    hope to learn a lot from this forum. i ty a few jigs nothing fancy. i just do mine buy hand no vice. they will catch fish. that the fun part of it. i will post a picture of some of my best scout's
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    I noticed some folks are using sycle hooks . Is there an advantage to them over standard hooks ?

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    Camo, do you pour your own heads ?

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    I just started using them,haven't used them for very long though.They are very sharp.
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    stick steer. i buy the tube jig hooks and clip the tits off. the eyes is just a drop of finger nail polish.

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    I’ve used several different size red sickle hooks, so far in last few years I’ve had trouble with them breaking. Get hung, and tips of hook break,
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    Sickle are very sharp but I also find them more fragile than good ole eagle claws. Sure miss there lazer line though. As far as whether the bend of sickles help I'm not really sold.

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    A post from ‘07, I wasn’t even on here yet. I use sickle hooks almost exclusively, better hookset and they stay buried.
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    Eagleclaw does have the Pro V, I use those and they are very sharp and have held up well.
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    Myself and some of my friends here on the lake, we all think you loose less crappie using Sickle hooks. Personally I like how sharp they are, coming from a bass fishing mentality and loving Gamakatsu hooks, the Matuzo Sickles was the first hook to me that offered a low cost jig hook that was close enough to one of the premier type like Gamakatsu or Owner and as I understand it the owners of these companies were related, lol! SO the sharpness captured me first.

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