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Originally Posted by flyguyd
I wouldnt be so sure . Have ever hooked an acrobatic , frisky 5 lb rainbow on a barbless fly in fas****er. I fished barbless alot before the law came in and alot of the bigger fish were hooked in the corner of the mouth at release time but were bleeding from other places inside the mouth. This leads me to believe that the hook is coming out and hooking in somewheres else between hook set and release  Big frisky rainbows got lots of fight and even the best fisherman cant always keep up. |
Oh I agree that a hook may come dislodged from deeper in the mouth and catch again on the way out. I was stating that a hooked fish "gulping" a barbless hook further into its is petty darm near impossible if there is any tention on the line.
And for the record I am not ststing that any angler fishing with barbs is unethical I just know why I do it!