hooks

"Bill Kiene" wrote in message
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I can't figure out with all the barbless regs that you can still buy
barbed
hooks and barbed flies?

--
Bill Kiene


Probably because those regs. aren't universal. I don't know of any such reg
in NC, but I haven't fished all of our waters.

Mark

"snakefiddler" wrote in message
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thanks for the clarification- it's good to know the best way to handle
that
kind of a situation.
hopefully it won't happen again, but i have a feelin that if i fish long
enough......

It WILL happen again.....and it won't take long. If you sit and listen in a
place where sunfish and their allies are feeding, you will hear smacking or
snapping sounds as they suck in bugs off the surface. They don't simply
grab them with their lips. Small and/or relatively sleek flies frequently
get sucked deep into the mouth or even the throat before you can set the
hook.

Incidentally, are you sure that the catch and release requirement applied to
sunfish? In Wisconsin and Michigan panfish are exempt from many of the
restrictions applied to other species. I don't know of any place in either
state where they must be released......though I wouldn't be a bit surprised
if someone comes back with examples.

Wolfgang

"snakefiddler" wrote in
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might also have made a situation i had the other day easier. i hooked
a sunfish, problem was he all but swallowed the fly. it was a bitch
to get out, and i'm sure there was no way he survived. i couldn't do
the merciful thing and kill it and cook it because i was in a catch
and release only creek. sucked.

snakefiddler




Yeah, bluegill and the like tend to suck flies down pretty deep. Sometimes, a good
set of hemostats will help you reach the hook without killing the fish, but other
times it works out the way it worked out for you.

The advice for trout you can't keep is to cut the line as close to the hook as you
can, and release the fish.

Scott

"Charlie Wilson" wrote in
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My job as a cop requires almost daily visits to the local ER,
where you
can't help but walk by a "trophy board" displaying items they have
removed from patients over the years. Some 75% of those items are
fishing related,

In NY, they're mostly objects being used for self- or mutual gratification.
Fortunately, nothing in my chest pack could be comfortably used for such
purposes

SCott

My job as a cop requires almost daily visits to the local ER, where
you can't help but walk by a "trophy board" displaying items they
have removed from patients over the years. Some 75% of those items
are fishing related,

Scott In NY, they're mostly objects being used for self- or mutual
Scott gratification. Fortunately, nothing in my chest pack could be
Scott comfortably used for such purposes

Scott, you do understand that we _really_ didn't want to know that
much about you.

--
Jarmo Hurri

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"Jarmo Hurri" wrote in message
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My job as a cop requires almost daily visits to the local ER,
where
you can't help but walk by a "trophy board" displaying items they
have removed from patients over the years. Some 75% of those
items
are fishing related,

Scott In NY, they're mostly objects being used for self- or mutual
Scott gratification. Fortunately, nothing in my chest pack could
be
Scott comfortably used for such purposes

Scott, you do understand that we _really_ didn't want to know that
much about you.

Agreed. I was quite comfortable with the illusion that Scott had more
imagination than that.

Wolfgang

In article ,
says...
My job as a cop requires almost daily visits to the local ER, where you
can't help but walk by a "trophy board" displaying items they have removed
from patients over the years.


For a long time there was a doctor in Ennis, MT (he might still be
practising there, for all I know,) who collected flies that he had
removed from fisherman. He never charged a fee for removing the hook,
but he always insisted that he got to keep the fly.

Kevin

"Tim Carter" wrote in message
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"snakefiddler" wrote in message
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i'm sure roff has had *this* ... a million times, but what are some
of ya'll's opinions regarding barbe ... vs barb...-
i met a guy... today that says he prefers barb...- hadn't thought about
it before.


There you go, stirring up trouble again.



i'm just like that, ya know
Snake

In Bill Kiene wrote:
I can't figure out with all the barbless regs that you can still buy
barbed hooks and barbed flies?

Another question is why is the selection of barbless hooks
so bloody limitted? Would be nice if there were a few more
options. At least it'd save a bit of time pinching barbs
down... :-)

Todd (remove hook to reply)

On Thu, 17 Jun 2004 06:23:30 GMT, "Bill Kiene" wrote:
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I can't figure out with all the barbless regs that you can still buy barbed
hooks and barbed flies?

Ya needs those to hold the *worm* on, of course! Sheesh!

;-)