On 08/09/2010 11:53 AM, DaveS wrote:

With barbless hooks I think a large portion of small trout get the
hook inside their mouths, but the hook point is tipped enuf so it
doesn't stick tissue. Just be happy you fooled em, and don't have to
touch (and hurt) fish that will grow into tommorrow's sport.

As to the "waiting" to strike advise, generally good but less
appropriate on surface and more so for salmon/steelhead. IMHO

Dave

Thank you!

The fish here are generally in the 9 to 11" range. I switched
back to a barbed hook abut a month ago because my barbless
hooks were going clean through their lips and its was a mess
trying to remove them without further injuring the fish.
The barbed hooks came out very easily.

It was only last Thursday that I have had any trouble hooking
them.

And yes, I was happy. I had a total blast. Almost could not
force myself to come home.

-T