Fishing barbless

[popperfly]

DNR officers will also use a cotton ball to check for barbless hooks, if any cotton is hooked they consider that NOT barbless.

For those who use a vise to squash the barb flat, have you notice any damage to the vise jaws by doing this???

There is only one barbless stream I know of in this area. It is a closely managed stream, C&R only and produces some very nice fish. I am told the DNR officers use a tee shirt to check hooks to qualify them as barbless if they were originally with barbs. What criteria do other areas use.