maggie preston did a pinch barb  hook not sure if that still do

tench2k3 wrote (see)

maggie preston did a pinch barb  hook not sure if that still do

yes those were the ones.   I've just read that they were made by Ashima for Preston and have now been discontinued. The Pinched Barbless hooks had a small bump where the barb is normally situated so still had the advantages that a barbed hook had but were said to be much kinder than barbs for fish. I don't know why they were discontinued though.