04-04-2006, 11:58 PM
Hey there hpb,
I'd like to see a photo of your device, it sounds like something I grew up using for pan fish(bream) down in the Ozarks.
Now-a-days, Most of the time I use forceps(hemstats) for flyfishing - I go barbless almost all of the time.
When I am hardware fishing, and have bigger hooks, Lures, plugs, spinner baits etc, I use long needle nose pliers for the leverage - even when those offerings are barbless, they are more difficult to extract from the fish - and I like to handle the fish as little as possible if I am releasing it.
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I'd like to see a photo of your device, it sounds like something I grew up using for pan fish(bream) down in the Ozarks.
Now-a-days, Most of the time I use forceps(hemstats) for flyfishing - I go barbless almost all of the time.
When I am hardware fishing, and have bigger hooks, Lures, plugs, spinner baits etc, I use long needle nose pliers for the leverage - even when those offerings are barbless, they are more difficult to extract from the fish - and I like to handle the fish as little as possible if I am releasing it.
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