I as a matter of course, I always debarb my hooks when tying. For some strange reason on my last trip, I hooked a 20" brown in the jawbone(?) on a #14 caddis and had a difficult time removing the hook even with forceps. After some concern about over handling the fish, I finally got the hook out and the released brown looked OK afterwards. I need to verify that the barbs are completely down next time when tying. I judge a good hook by noticing if the barbs either just bend or snaps. Snapping barbed hooks tend to have more carbon content but making it more brittle.