A debarbed hook pulls much easier from my hide. So I debarb.
Dick xfishcop
To barb or not to barb?
A debarbed hook pulls much easier from my hide. So I debarb.
Dick xfishcop
YEP I debarb all hooks, with my casting skills I need all the safety I can get.
Eric
"Complexity is easy; Simplicity is difficult."
Georgy Shragin
Designer of ppsh41 sub machine gun
Me too....what Eric said. I tie my own flies, so de-barb before mounting the hook in the vise. More of my inventory is now barbless hooks, too.
Whether you think you can, or think you cannot, you're probably right.
--Author unknown
Squeezing barbs, yes. Using pre-made barbless hooks, no. That little bump left after flattening a barb provides enough resistance when a fish jumps, etc., to keep it hooked up, but doesn't make it any harder to pull out of the fish or yourself.
de-barb yes. If the barb snaps when bending, I'm reasonable sure the carbon content is higher than when the barb only bends. Generally, the higher carbon content hook is a stronger one.
I believe that a de-barbed or barbless hook also aids in more hook ups. Less resistance going in or out.
Jon Joy
"A jerk at one end of the line is enough."
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