Stan Gula wrote:

I've tried a couple of packs of the TMC barbless hooks. I liked them.
However. as you say, I haven't had problems with TMC hooks snapping off when
I mash the barb - nor any other brand. Even when I mash them on the stream
with my hemostats. Unfortunately, the shops I frequent don't carry a lot of
barbless hooks. If they were on the shelf I would buy them regularly even
though they cost a little more.

Pretty much why I buy my TMC barbless hooks from Kaufmann's, by the
100s.

JR