EXHIBIT 32.2

                            CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
                             18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
                             AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                  SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

         In connection with the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Insteel
Industries, Inc. (the "Company") for the period ending June 28, 2003 as filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"),
I, Michael C. Gazmarian, Chief Financial Officer of the Company, certify,
pursuant to 18 U.S.C. ss. 1350, as adopted pursuant to ss. 906 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

         (1)      the Report fully complies with the requirements of Section
13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and

         (2)      the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in
all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the
Company.



/s/ Michael C. Gazmarian
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    Michael C. Gazmarian
    Chief Financial Officer
    August 12, 2003

A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906, or other
document authenticating, acknowledging, or otherwise adopting the signature that
appears in typed form within the electronic version of this written statement
required by Section 906, has been provided to Insteel Industries, Inc. and will
be retained by Insteel Industries, Inc. and furnished to the Securities and
Exchange Commission or its staff upon request.