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Super strong beaked point hook

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Richard Bruton

Senior Member & Supporter
Hi Guys,

Looking for a recommendation please.

Beak point, barbed or micro barbed hook that is super strong.

Size ideally 10.

A real hook and hold type hook.

Many thanks

Rich
 
Richard Bruton said:
Hi Guys,

Looking for a recommendation please.

Beak point, barbed or micro barbed hook that is super strong.

Size ideally 10.

A real hook and hold type hook.

Many thanks

Rich
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Hi men

Used these in France in snaggy situation where I had to walk back to get them away , stood up to abuse , and do them down to size 10

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Jim Gregory said:
Hi, used many over the years, but always go back to the drennan specimen plus.
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Thanks Jim, strong hook but not got the beak point.

Used them in the past but on the Hants Avon/Dorset Stour found they needed replacing continually due to the gravel, "dinking" the point.
 
Guru Super MWG are worth a look. Even the non-‘super’ versions are good, but have a bit of a brassy sheen to them. Whereas the Super versions have a nice Matt black coating/finish.

More traditional in sizes too. Although still bigger than their equivalents in the old school brands.

Landed me Barbel into mid teens, including my pb on a size 12. Almost half the price of a Specimen Plus or Carpy-brand hook too. £2.50 for a pack.

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I've recently been using Preston KKH size 10, which on the evidence of snag recovery are a lot stronger than Drennan's Specimen or Specialist hooks, which come back bent. And I've just bought some Korum Grappler's in a 6 - they look a bit barbaric, but they'll take a bigger chunk of Spam than 10's.
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Many thanks for the feedback and comments guys. As always, a wide choice of recommendations!

I have ordered the Wide gape X and KKH to give them a try.
 
Simon Rolph said:
Gardner Talon Tip. Nice and strong. I use size 10 for all my float fishing for Barbel.
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My favourite hook in recent years. Unfortunately out of stock in size 10 everywhere. I was told gardner haven’t had the 10s for a long time. Maybe being replaced by the Gardner target barbel hook?
 
Neil Lumby said:
My favourite hook in recent years. Unfortunately out of stock in size 10 everywhere. I was told gardner haven’t had the 10s for a long time. Maybe being replaced by the Gardner target barbel hook?
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Their barbel hooks in size 10 are out of stock everywhere too! Got some on order with my tackle shop but might be a long wait apparently
 
Alan Palmer said:
Their barbel hooks in size 10 are out of stock everywhere too! Got some on order with my tackle shop but might be a long wait apparently
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Yeah that’s a pain. Both were out of stock in the tackle I went in, luckily the guy who works there gave me a packet of the barbel hooks in 10s out of his own tackle box. I think I still prefer the wide gape talon tips though
 
Alan Palmer said:
Their barbel hooks in size 10 are out of stock everywhere too! Got some on order with my tackle shop but might be a long wait apparently
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Noticed that too, so bought some size 8 bit big for summer use but ok now there’s some colour in the rivers. I’ve started using these recently and have found them to be good
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