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Offline jechicdr

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Re: Barbs
« Reply #15 on: July 28, 2013, 10:35:10 PM »
I crimped mine and then twisted the hook in the pliers to essentially break the barb off.  This essentially leaves a rough spot on the hook.  Suspect it would not grab a thread, but it does offer some resistance to the hook sliding out, though it does not prevent it from coming out.

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Re: Barbs
« Reply #16 on: July 28, 2013, 10:39:22 PM »
I'm crushing it down with pliers every time unless I have the convenience of being near a sporting good store that sells barbless gom's. If they want to ticket me for crushing the barb to nothing. They will see me in court.

I crimped mine and then twisted the hook in the pliers to essentially break the barb off.  This essentially leaves a rough spot on the hook.  Suspect it would not grab a thread, but it does offer some resistance to the hook sliding out, though it does not prevent it from coming out.

This is the same technique that I use, but sometimes It doesn't get the barb completely off. Regardless. Its good enough.
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Re: Barbs
« Reply #17 on: July 28, 2013, 10:44:01 PM »
Spend a little more and buy Gami barbless or go with the Matsuo Sikles and crimp them down good. Depends on how you are fishing and what you're fishing for. Just my  :twocents:

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Re: Barbs
« Reply #18 on: July 28, 2013, 10:56:00 PM »
Spend a little more and buy Gami barbless or go with the Matsuo Sikles and crimp them down good. Depends on how you are fishing and what you're fishing for. Just my  :twocents:
We exclusively only use Gami's here!
Maybe not always the barbless, but nothing some pliers cant fix, they have really weak/small barbs so they're easy to crimp.
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Re: Barbs
« Reply #19 on: July 28, 2013, 11:14:18 PM »
I do the same thing Ed does - bend the barb back and leave as big of a bump as I can.  Most hooks seem to break off at the base if you just crush them with pliers, and it seems that sharp edge would hang way more than the bump I get when I bend the barb back...  Been checked with the bent barbs and they never gave me any grief.
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