If you're really serious about catch and release, take a tip from flyfishers who frequent C&R trout waters: use barbless hooks or, since most readily available hooks are barbed, use a pair of pliers to bend the barb down. A "debarbed" hook can be twisted out of a fish's mouth with a minimum of difficulty. Will you lose more fish with "debarbed" hooks? In my experience, no. I've been using "debarbed" hooks for years. Bob -------------------------------------------------- Robert C. Perkins, Ph.D. Associate Dean for Research and Planning Methodist College, Fayetteville, NC 28311 910-630-7037 rperkins_at_methodist.edu *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************Received on Tue Feb 24 1998 - 09:40:05 PST
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