I land just as many fish on barbless hooks.....
Those branches are a long way off.!!!
No bananas allowed on the boat.
"The reason you have a good vision is you're standing on the shoulders of giants." ~ Andy Batcho
"There's no need to learn to cast farther than 30'. All the trout I catch are within that distance." Well, what if the wind is blowing right in your face. Learning to cast farther helps one adjust to conditions and gets your fly to turn over for a proper presentation.
"You don't wanna go way up there, it's all fished out!"
"The value of trout is simply that they exist" <Frank Weisbarth>