Drennan Carbon Chub Or Super Spade?

[James Hodkin]

Are the Super Spades quite heavy gauge in comparison to the Carbon Chub? I Mainly fish small rivers at this time of year and normally use eyed Super Specialists but a bit more finesse is required at the minute as the stretch in now trageting is fished more plus obviously finer tackle is often required at this time of year. They need to be able to light enough not to put off roach but strong enough for chub in sizes 14-22 with maggot/breadflake being the main baits used. Any opinions would be much appreciated as ive been offered some of these hooks in a range of sizes very cheap but need to decide first! Thanks in advance

James

 

[Paul B]

although i've not used super spades,i've used carbon chub for years in sizes 20-10's and landed chub to 4lb on size 20 no problems; also a 13lb carp on a size 16, single grain of corn, 3lb line match rod when after crucians. A good hook.

 

[Bob Watson]

Kamasan B 520's are as good as you'll get. Lighter in the wire than the SS but a good strong hook for when those bonus fish bite. They won't stand up to bully boy tactics but if you "play" the fish to the net, strong enough to land pretty much anything you come across.

 

[Andy "the Dog" Nellist (SAA) (ACA)]

My hook of choice for anything from 12 to 22 is Super Spades which are extremely reliable but then most of my fishing is for big fish.

Carbon Chub is a lovely pattern and is considerably lighter than Super Spade. If you are float fishing or ledgering with light gear where you can't put excessive pressure on the hook then its a good choice.

 

[Nigel Connor(ACA ,SAA)]

Carbon Chub is your man.As it says on the packet, good for big fish with small hooks.I've used them for winter trotting for many years and they are very reliable and strong in the wire for the gauge.I use the super spade in summer in the hope that I might land any Barbel hooked.

 

[Paul Christie 2]

I nearly always use Super Spades for fishing smaller baits where chub or barbel are a prospect.

They are a little thicker but they won't straighten out that for sure.

 

[Peter Jacobs]

For fishing the bread I'd opt for a Kamasan too as they are a lot lighter and I don't want a 'heavy' hook for this type of fishing.

If Chub are the intended species, or when using maggot, then I use CC's as well for the reasons stated above.

If I were to be targeting big fish then as Andy says the Super spades arevery reliable.

For many years now I have tried to match my hook pattern/manufacturer to the baits I am using. That probably accounts for why I have so many bloody hooks to carry around ;-)

 

[Nigel Connor(ACA ,SAA)]

The weight of your hooks are the least of your problems Peter;-)

 

[Steve King]

Aah but that's not his problem as he employs tackle bearers to lug his gear around!

 

[Peter Jacobs]

Too true Steve - I made Woody a decent offer but he seems to have declined ;-)

 

[Frank "Chubber" Curtis]

I only ever use Kamasans or Carbon Chub and never yet had one straighten on me. Super Spades are too heavy and I don't get as many hook-ups.

 

[Nigel Moors.]

Woody got put off carrying tackle at the Clifton Hampden Thames fish-in last year!

 

[jason fisher]

Woody got put off carrying tackle at the Clifton Hampden Thames fish-in last year!

he's still complaining about it then heheheh!.

the kamasan b511 are probably too light for chubbing the carbon chub being the one, the B511 are a good hook though.

last time i looked i had 17 different patterns of hooks why do we do this to ourselves.

each pattern in a multitude of sizes

 

[Beecy]

I used to swear by super spades untill one day on the trent last summer, feedering with a bunch of 3 casters on a 14, I lost a load of fish off after only a few seconds. It left me wondering wether the inturned point was the problem?

 

[Andy "the Dog" Nellist (SAA) (ACA)]

Usually the problem with fish falling off is due to the tackle not being balanced i.e the rod is too powerfull for the size of hook being used.

When using superspades in conjunction with Harrison 1 1/2lb TC rods for Tench I can use super spade 16's but if i use Harrison Interceptor 1 3/4lb TC rods I have to step up to a 14 or a significant percentage will fall off.

Most of my big tench over the last few years have fallen to two or three casters super glued to the back of a super spade size 14.