Barbless hooks?

[David Will 2]

Neolithic hooks and Stone Age wheel , if it ain't broke etc

 

[Michael Humberstone]

A couple of fisheries I use now ban barbless due to cuts apparently so I stick to micro barb and never had an issue .

 

[Rod Foster]

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 whether the micro barb was needed given the soundness of most barbel hook holds and the fact that we generally keep pressure on during the fight? I'd be interested in the thoughts of anglers who use barbless.

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 hooks elsewhere

 

[Ian Woods]

It was put in intentionally I thought it was a war wound. ….

That’s commitment for ya.

Pulling a couple of small hooks into my hand was childsplay compared to a recent event of going to the kwaks and having a blood test , that needle going into a VAIN, was quite horrific for me at least .

 

[Richard Isaacs]

Pulling a couple of small hooks into my hand was childsplay compared to a recent event of going to the kwaks and having a blood test , that needle going into a VAIN, was quite horrific for me at least .

Least the needle was barbless

 

[Mike Hodgkiss]

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 helping us land more fish . The debate should be do barbed hooks do more damage to the fish than barbless hooks when we are trying to extract them from the fishes mouth ? There is also the claim that fish are more able to shed a barbless hook than one with a barb should they become snagged . Answers ? It's obvious that a barbed hook is harder to remove from a fishes mouth than one without a barb , its the amount of damage that is done in the removal process that anglers need to consider .I use micro barbed hooks or squashed down barbed hooks , in my opinion they give a better hook hold and can be extracted fairly easily causing minimal damage

 

[Mike Hodgkiss]

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 hooks elsewhere

So whats the thinking behind the Pallatrax gripz hook ?

 

[Rod Foster]

So whats the thinking behind the Pallatrax gripz hook ?

They have a series of grooves where a barb would be, they just work, and well.
I use the ones that are the same pattern as the original Pallatrax ‘The Hook.’

 

[Mike Hodgkiss]

They have a series of grooves where a barb would be, they just work, and well.
I use the ones that are the same pattern as the original Pallatrax ‘The Hook.’

Yes I see ,just looked at some images . I guess the idea is to reduce the likelihood of the hook coming out , sort of barbed variation , interesting idea .

 

[Richard Isaacs]

Yes I see ,just looked at some images . I guess the idea is to reduce the likelihood of the hook coming out , sort of barbed variation , interesting idea .

They come out as easy as a barbless when removed with fingers but they don’t fall out when the line goes slack.
I guess they work a little bit like tyre tread and offer a bit of resistance.
Good idea.
I get pretty much the same effect by squeezing a barb down and creating a bump on the inside. Like the grips hooks it stops it falling out on a slack line and getting stuck in your net or worse.

 

[Rod Foster]

They come out as easy as a barbless when removed with fingers but they don’t fall out when the line goes slack.
I guess they work a little bit like tyre tread and offer a bit of resistance.
Good idea.
I get pretty much the same effect by squeezing a barb down and creating a bump on the inside. Like the grips hooks it stops it falling out on a slack line and getting stuck in your net or

They come out as easy as a barbless when removed with fingers but they don’t fall out when the line goes slack.
I guess they work a little bit like tyre tread and offer a bit of resistance.
Good idea.
I get pretty much the same effect by squeezing a barb down and creating a bump on the inside. Like the grips hooks it stops it falling out on a slack line and getting stuck in your net or worse.

They seem to go in & stay in, I’m a big fan…plus as you say they’re easy to remove from the net, clothing & foliage lol

 

[Kevin Steele]

Neolithic hooks and Stone Age wheel , if it ain't broke etc

Pedantry alert: Those hooks are medieval. Neolithic means 'New Stone Age' - they didn't use metal hooks until the Bronze Age. My real name is Dr Alice Roberts.
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[Andy Frances]

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 hooks elsewhere

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