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Ian Orchard

Ian Orchard

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      Ian Orchard reacted to Mike Hodgkiss's post in the thread Barbless hooks? with Like Like.
      Ultimately the intention of a barbed or micro barbed hook is to reduce the chance of the hook coming out of the fishes mouth thus...
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      Ian Orchard reacted to Rod Foster's post in the thread Barbless hooks? with Like Like.
      Pallatrax Gripz are exceptional imo. Started using them due to a ‘no barbed’ rule on one of my rivers & never went back to using barbed...
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      Ian Orchard reacted to Richard Isaacs's post in the thread Barbless hooks? with Like Like.
      The barbed/barbless debate splits anglers all across the country and I’ve personally read very compelling arguments from both sides...
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      Ian Orchard replied to the thread Barbless hooks?.
      Nothing is straight forward in fishing! Really appreciate the replies. It has certainly given me a few things to think about...
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      Ian Orchard reacted to Ian Woods's post in the thread Barbless hooks? with Like Like.
      I've caught quite a few barbel trailing varying lengths of braid and mono attatched to barbless hooks which had gone right round and out...
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      Ian Orchard reacted to Jon Young's post in the thread Barbless hooks? with Like Like.
      Used to always use barbless and rarely lost a fish but when I changed rods I was losing probably a third of the fish I hooked normally...
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      Ian Orchard reacted to Mike Thompson's post in the thread Barbless hooks? with Like Like.
      Have used Bank Tackle barbless wide gape for probably 10 years now. Never really had a problem with losing fish and feel happy I am...
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      Ian Orchard reacted to Richard Isaacs's post in the thread Barbless hooks? with Like Like.
      I use a barbed hook with the barb squeezed down to create a bump for barbel I can’t remember the last time I lost one. (Although I...
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      Ian Orchard reacted to Tim Marks's post in the thread Barbless hooks? with Like Like.
      My fishing mate has river fished with only barbless hooks for a couple of years (ever since a bad experience with braided mainline). He...
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      Ian Orchard reacted to Graham Tremble's post in the thread Barbless hooks? with Like Like.
      I don’t think I have used a barbed hook in over 30 years. Never had an issue with them myself ( Drennan’s , mostly ). G.T.
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      Ian Orchard reacted to Daniel Jeffery's post in the thread Barbless hooks? with Like Like.
      I only use barbless hooks with the odd exception. I currently use Guru SMWG a lot (switched over from Drennan Super Specialist after...
    • Ian Orchard
      Ian Orchard posted the thread Barbless hooks? in Barbel Talk.
      I use Gardner talon tip wide gape size 8 with a micro barb for virtually all of my barbel fishing. I was wondering the other day...
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