Korda Wide Gape

The Wide Gape pattern has accounted for countless big carp captures over many years since it was first launched. Born from an old classic spade end hook pattern from the 1980s and 1990s which found favour with many anglers at the time – the Maruta Kinryu. We improved it and made it more user-friendly by switching the spade for an eye.

The Wide Gape features a slightly in-turned eye, with a short shank, heavily forged bend and a very sharp, beaked point. It can be used with a wide variety of different pop-up and bottom bait presentations and once it goes in it tends to stay in.

For waters where barbed hooks are banned, the barbless Wide Gape B X is perfect. All Wide Gape B hooks are manufactured from X gauge Japanese steel, effectively creating a barbless Wide Gape X; all other X gauge variants come in barbed only.

Available in sizes 2, 4, 6, 8 and 10 and in barbed and barbless X variants.

NB: For those fishing in snaggy conditions in the UK or overseas, including when targeting huge Siamese carp or Mekong catfish in Thailand, there are heavy duty barbed X and XX versions available also.

Key features

• Classic hook pattern
• Extremely strong
• Short shank and in-turned eye
• Sharp, beaked point
• Extra strong barbless variant
• Available in even stronger X and XX versions