Adapting barbed hooks

[medwaygreen]

If i pinch off the barb on a hook with long nose pliers is the hook now barbless or because a small bump is left were is barb was would it be classed as micro-barb? :confused: :confused:

Also is this practice acceptable?

 

[ 12. September 2004, 10:48 AM: Message edited by: medwaygreen ]

[J.K]

alot of lure anglers like myself do this .. I would say its micro barb

[Peter Sharpe]

I hope it's classed as barbless because I use them on fisheries with a barbless-only policy. There is certainly no barb left and I believe you can also buy barbless hooks with a slight bump in them.

[Tyke]

Pinched barbed hooks are good for holding on baits like Brandlings and other worms.

They are still easy to unhook .

I have heard that barbless hooks can cause more damage than barbed hooks due to the hook hold slipping and tearing the fishes mouth.

[ayjay]

If the barbs are being removed in this way for your own ease of use I would classify them as barbless, however if they are being removed to comply with fishery rules then they are probably not barbless.

 

Some fisheries will test hooks on a piece of nylon stocking or a woolly jumper and if they don't come out easy they ain't barbless.

[medwaygreen]

Thanks ajp good advise

[ratchet]

oh. that explains why the fishery missus looks like a punk rocker every time i see her. must play havoc with the washing machine all those hooks in her clothes