04-03-2008, 08:33 PM
I was not trying to say there was less stress on the fish..
when I said easier on the fish I meant it is easier to remove the hook and therefore "damage" to the fish is minimized.. I have ripped the mouth off of a small gill because I could not get the hook out with the barb intact... since I started trying to fly fish I go with barbless hooks only.. on the rare occassion that I forget to debarb my hook and on the very very very rare occassion I catch a fish.. I will take that extra moment to debarb the hook before trying to take it out of the fishes mouth..
..and thats my story and Im sticking to it.. [sly]
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when I said easier on the fish I meant it is easier to remove the hook and therefore "damage" to the fish is minimized.. I have ripped the mouth off of a small gill because I could not get the hook out with the barb intact... since I started trying to fly fish I go with barbless hooks only.. on the rare occassion that I forget to debarb my hook and on the very very very rare occassion I catch a fish.. I will take that extra moment to debarb the hook before trying to take it out of the fishes mouth..
..and thats my story and Im sticking to it.. [sly]
MacFly
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