Gnu Bee Flyer,
So instead of URL, it's ULJ(erk)? :D
I always pinched my barbs down with my forceps. Forceps give me more control over the pressure I have to excert on the barb.
Fishing barbless hooks is the only way to fly.
Has anybody out there fished with a barbless hook with a live or dead minnow?? Does the minnow fall off??
Bait hooks out here have two barbs on the shaft of the hook along with the barb near the point. That holds a worm better, but I don't KNOW anything about worms of course! :oops:
Doug P.S. I resisted the temptation to make a comment about checking the barbs with nylon stockings