With lures, we encouraged barbless hooks, and in both cases we talked about using heavier tackle to decrease the duration of the fight. |
We use barbless hooks which are removed with the minimum of fuss. |
The other two Japs have short, stiff poles with a wire attached and the barbless hook at the end. |
It is barbless, and in place of the barb, the hook is filed long and tapering to a point as sharp as that of a needle. |
Please try to use barbless hooks, so that the fish can be returned without damage. |
Separate nets for large and small fish, barbless hooks, keepnet restrictions and minimum line strengths are all common regulations on the area's many stillwater fisheries. |