Tip for Stubby users - I crimp the barbs on my hooks - not for fish sake but for my fisherlady at risk of getting hooked.....Stubbies don't last very long on barbless hooks. I use Mustad "bait hooks" with barbs on hook shank - seldom lose a Stubby. George
N.E. Texas 2 acre and 1/4 acre ponds Original george #173 (22 June 2002)