Hooks for newbie

Re.My apologies for the original posting under this heading on many
English Fisheries reverting
back to barbed hooks. Maybe I should have given it another heading,
but it seemed more to the point
than some of the replies to this heading.

It must be obvious to any reasonable fisherman that these are "Put and
Take" and / or
"Take Some" and return the rest fisheries.

If their commercial experience after years of barbed hook fishing
followed by years of barbless
hook fishing has concluded that barbed hook fishing, by the average
fisherman using their waters
costs them less in fish replacements.Then so be it the £ or $ rules.

If this is the case and they obviously think it is, then there seems
no point in getting ones nickers
in a twist when getting ones tights off, to check if there is a barb
prick on a hook, because if there is it could
do less damage to the fish!

Much better then to let the fishermen have there own choice, taking
into consideration all circumstances
prevailing at the time.

Keep smiling

--
A Yorkshire Lad

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"Hooked" wrote:
Let's face it. When going barbless, we all go a little easier when
playing a
fish so it doesn't come unglued from the hook. If we had a barb and
cared
less about it, we just muscle the fish in.

This is nonsense. The "we all" you're referring to doesn't include me
or any of the people I've fished with.

If there were a difference it would be just the opposite. If it's
barbless, you need to maintain pressure to avoid having the hook slip
out. If it has a barb that's less important. There's no way that the
presence or absence of a barb makes the hook more likely to pull out
due to excessive pressure. It's just as easy to muscle the fish
without a barb.

Chas
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KISS. Keep it simple s... follow Gula's advice.
"Reed Waters" wrote in message
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I am just getting started at this and I am overwhelmed at the varieties of
hooks. Is there a basic hook assortment available somewhere? If not, what
are a half-dozen or so hooks for dry, wet, nymphs and streamers that I can
get.

just al wrote:
KISS. Keep it simple s... follow Gula's advice.
"Reed Waters" wrote in message
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I am just getting started at this and I am overwhelmed at the varieties of
hooks. Is there a basic hook assortment available somewhere? If not, what
are a half-dozen or so hooks for dry, wet, nymphs and streamers that I can
get.


Al, I know you're kind of new around here, and I appreciate the mention
and all, but you might want to check the date on posts before replying.
That's a pretty old one, and the original poster is probably long gone.

--Stan