At the risk of being the 10th to say this, the barb is best suited for keeping the WORM on the hook. The BEND in the hook holds the fish while the barb just compensates for guys like me who want to light a cigar at each strike and let line go slack, thus allowing the current to mend the line away. ;-)
Murf
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Subject: [VFB] Barbless Hooks
Date: Fri, 23 Dec 2005 13:03:28 -0600
Folks: It is COLD... So I have been watching and re watching videos i have. I have a VHS tape I got with My started kit that has Lefty Kreh in it, and he made a very interesting statement... I'm not saying he is wrong, cause he was fly fishing LONG before i was even thought up LOL... Anyway, he made this statement "I have used barbless hooks since 1956 for everything but Tarpon and sailfish, because I find that I catch MORE fish"...How can this be??? Long as you keep the line tight yes, but don't you loose fish as soon as you get any slack in the line and the hook slips right back through the piercing it made???? Sign Me confused as to how this works, Chuck
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