No more barbed flys for me

T
the salmon kid
i was fly fishing yesterday and as i was casting i ended up hooking myself in my finger with one of my flys,, way down past the barb and out the other side now i will only use barb less flys from now on,,oooh and i also managed to hook me one nice coho too
 
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troutdude
troutdude
OUCH!!! That must've really hurt...especially if it went through your fingernail!

I'm getting queezy.................

P.S. I'm glad that you at least inked a fish for your troubles!
 
T
todd_brooks
Good god man! I hope you had the sense to sacrifice that fly and cut the barb off before you pulled it out.? From what i understand even if you have to push a hook the rest of the way through thats the way to go.
I like the barb-less a lot it just make the release so much easier. Especially with the little guys.
 
H
halibuthitman
soooo, judging by location and direction that it was on a back-cast? keep er clean.. and barbless hooks are probably a good idea in general.
 
S
skunk
dude! Bet holding that nice fish made you almost forget the trouble.
 
T
the salmon kid
skunk said:
dude! Bet holding that nice fish made you almost forget the trouble.

ya i cut the barb off and pulled it out ,., and yes the second i hooked that fish i forgot all about the hook in my finger ;)
 

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