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Originally Posted by CNP
Yeah? Not every fish is caught on a fly with 12/14/16 hook. People do fish with spinning tackle and bait casters using spoons, crankbaits, jerkbaits that come with multiple treble hooks (max 3 treble hooks in AB). Some even attach additional trebles (stingers) on their lures (tube jigs for example). Is that amazing to you or do you not get out much?
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I fish all sort of ways; flies, spoons, jigs, baits, trolling etc. Everytime I buy a lure with a treble hook on it, it gets cut off and replaced with a single which often has the barb pinched. I've never cared for trebles, always considered them as antiquated and a pain in the ass.
Besides not being condusive to releasing fish if desired, they tangle easy, pose a hazard when dealing with a feisty fish and I've honestly never seen the need for them. My hook up rate really didn't go down a noticeable amount after I stopped using trebles.
The additional challenge of staying connected to a strong and acrobatic fish using a single barbless hook is fun too. Fishing isn't a meat market to me, I really don't place any value on how many fish I come home with. More and more often, I just end up releasing fish anyways.
Jasper, barbless hooks or not
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