I’ve been a fan of using barb-less hooks for a couple of years and I feel like they are just as good for netting fish as a barbed hook. The only problem I’ve run into is when fishing a dropper off of the bend of a barb-less hook. I’ve tried several different knots and none of them seem to work. I finally tried using a very small drop of cement on the knot at the bend. This has worked very good for me. It does require carrying a small bottle of cement in your vest, or what I’ve resorted to is tying up a number of rigs at home and wrapping them on a foam disc. It works but also violates the rule of tying on before checking out the stream.
Steve Baker
