Originally Posted by cb100
I use barbless hooks for all my fresh water fishing by choice and here we have to use barbless hooks for salmon, sturgeon and steelhead. As long as you keep your line tight you won't lose many fish at all. I can't remember the last time I lost a fish in my pond after the hookup

Yep, keep the bend in the rod and don't have any slack line and you won't lose a fish that you wouldn't have lost if the hook was barbed.

Kids will learn faster on the proper catching technique too.

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