1wt wrote:
InTheMend wrote:
Ok good, I want to stop ANYONE who catches and releases from using barbs, there is no reason to use them.
It was only a myth (for the elitists fly A-holes) A barb has no effect at all on a trout!
If you get a small hook in your hand, you can pull it out with the string method and have no effect at all! Trout don't have feelings in their mouth...... they eat things that bite them all the time.
Some say that a jumping trout will toss a barbless hook? It doesn't hurt the fish at all, so ....... you only smash the barbs to make yourself feel better?
I used to smash barbs, but it really makes no difference at all ..... so I don't smash anymore. Most trout streams took the "barbless" thing off the regs sign.