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Originally Posted by slough shark
I'm all for barbless in most situations, especially on treble hooks as it makes releasing them soooo much easier. The only issues that I have with barbless is when you are trying to pinch the barbs on a small fly (think size 16-20), a good portion of the time the hook breaks, I wish I could buy them barbless arghhh. Aside from that the only other time I wish I could use barbed hooks is when I'm ice fishing for whitefish, they are able to slip off the hook too easily some times lol.
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I 100 percent agree. Nothing is more frustrating then trying to do good by pinching a barb and then have the hook break. I prefer fishing without barbs whether I break the odd one or not, but I am always concerned how anal F&W would be if they checked my hooks. At the best they are pinched down but they still have a bump of squished metal sitting there. I would also think the majority of us do not file down? Anyone from F&W reply or experience this situation?