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Originally Posted by braggadoe
little significant difference, multiplied by thousands and thousands of anglers equals a significant difference.
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Still equals little significant difference.
Are you going to answer the question? Bet you choose the ease of hand removal. See lots of barbless guys trying to "fish" the hook out with their fingers(because of the easy out of barbless?). They end up messing around with the fish because it is supposed to be easier.
Barbed or barbless-use a pair of pliers/forceps and removal is easier! Lip hooked fish can be released in the water with a simple twist of the pliers/forceps. There is no time difference(at least not that you could perceive). Since the inception of barbless it has been all to common to see an angler struggling with a fish trying to remove a barbless hook with his fingers! I have seen plenty of people with their fingers in a small trout trying to dislodge the barbless hook!
bragadoe you can deny being a finger releaser, but think about it. Bet you see the same thing.