02-02-2010, 06:25 PM
I've been looking into making my own jig heads/ice flies and was hoping to get some info to help me get started. I don't want to mass produce them or anything, just be able to make several of differing styles. Where would you recommend buying molds, hooks, lead, etc. I'm especially interested in what hooks work best--I've had several store bought ice fly hooks snap on me. I was looking at some Matzuo hooks (Aberdeen and Octopus) that have a sickle bend, and was wondering if anyone thought there was a benefit to using this style hook. I also saw where you can solder some kinds of ice blades onto hooks, but I really don't know much about any of these things and figured someone on here probably did. Thanks for any help.
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