I use barbless hooks for pretty much all of my fishing, be it for tench, carp, perch, roach etc or lure fishing for pike. The benefit it gives in unhooking a fish is hugely beneficial, yes you will occasionally lose the odd fish, but when this has been the case and I've switched over to a micro barb I've still lost fish then. If you fish waters where the fish are shy biting I'd suggest a micro barb if you feel a barbless hook would pull out too easily, I've found that in the main if you get the fish competing and taking positively barbless can't be beaten, I always try and carry a large selection of hooks giving me choice of size, bent/straight shank, barbed, barbless. I've found that so long as you don't give the fish any slack 99 times out of a 100 you should land the fish.