Hooks again.

[Alex Gowney]

Jesus!!,perhaps we should all stop fishing if we are all so worried about putting a hook into a fishes mouth ffs!!!

Quite agree Wayne, people taking sides either way but in the end the least distress a fish can be caused is by not getting fished for or caught at all. I have to say, regardless of my preference for barbed or barbless, I cause very few barbel any stress at all these days!

 

[Gerry Giles]

Whether its barbed or barbless most damage is done by the careless anglers unhooking fish.

I agree but
I could be wrong but I get the feeling some people are just not realising how small a micro barb is and just how easy it is to remove and the fish to get rid of one ?