DonO wrote: Older forged hooks, like Mustads, can have very large barbs, making it difficult to use beads without crushing the barbs.
So what's wrong with mashing down the barb? Most fishing is C&R these days anyway and for those occasions when I want bass for dinner, I haven't missed the barb. Not that I don't fish with a barbed hook on many occasions, just that to me, mashing it down is no big deal. Jim Collins ------------ Fishing is not a matter of life or death. It's much more important than that!
