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Graham Marsden (ACA)
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Nigel Connor made this point in the Keith Culley Memorial Match at Clattercote thread:
"One point I would like to raise though is that old barbless v barbed debate.The two fish I caught had a lot of mouth damage where the size 10 hook had cut through.A barbed hook is much better in hit and hold situations surely as it stays put."
I know hook size depends on size of bait, but a bigger hook, thicker in the wire, won't act so much like a cheese cutter.
"One point I would like to raise though is that old barbless v barbed debate.The two fish I caught had a lot of mouth damage where the size 10 hook had cut through.A barbed hook is much better in hit and hold situations surely as it stays put."
I know hook size depends on size of bait, but a bigger hook, thicker in the wire, won't act so much like a cheese cutter.