Do you do this?
Looked at several pictures of flies today and most of them still had the barb.
What do you think?
Rick
Hi Rick,
Yes, I do it before tying the fly just in case I accidentally break the hook in so doing. Take care & …
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Hello again Rick,
I’ll only smash the the barbs on the fly’s I know I’m tying for me at the vise,otherwise I leave that to whoever is going to use it.
All my swap flies leave here with barbs untouched…
Yes, the flies I tie to fish with get debarbed before I tie on them. I use Xuron needle-nosed pliers.
I spend many hours teaching children to tie and fly fish. All of the hooks are de-barbed. Makes it easier to remove the hook from fish or kids hats.
Bill
it is the first thing I do, even before I put the hook in the vise.
I have a cheap Thompson style vise set up off to the side that I use to “crimp” down the barb. Did break a hook tonight, first one of many!! I also test the hook by sticking in my shirt cuff to see how it pulls out!
Most of mine are de-barbed before the hook goes in the vise.
Tim
I de-barb mine at the river. I guess it would be handiest for me to do it at the vise. But that would make sense which is probably why I don’t do it that way.
Mike
There is no greater fan of flyfishing than the worm.
Patrick McManus
I debarb my flies.
Robert B. McCorquodale
Sebring, FL
“Flip a fly”
I find that I get as many fish with barbless as with barbed hooks . I no longer spend time getting hooks out of my cloths , skin or the net . Plus if you get a barbless hook stuck in you it is way easier and less painful to pull out . I have a cheap vise I bought unwisely it is good for mashing down the barbs but nothing else .
I tie all barbless now , some of my buddies were a little upset because I supplied them with free flies and I can’t convince them that barbless are way easier to use and just as effective as barbed . What a shame , they have to buy their own now .
My personal flies usually get debarbed before tying.
I leave the swap flies barbed to help hold the toe tags on and to allow the end user to decide the fate of the barb.
I always debarb the hook prior to tying the fly just in case the hook breaks off in the debarbing process. When I participate in fly swaps, I do not always debarb the hooks as I as I don’t know the preference of the person receiving the flies.
Jim Smith
Always, except for swap flies, if I need to purchase new hooks.
On ALL my hooks. Even my huge trebles on my muskie lures are now debarbed! Hasn’t cost me any fish!
Jeremy.