Barbless hooks allow faster releases, and time for fish out of the water is a major mortality factor, Schustrom said. Whether fly-fishing or spin fishing, equipment can be easily modified to meet ...

He believes that barbless treble hooks are more damaging that ... fish it minimizes impact and stress on the fish. Will Godfrey, a Lewiston fly fisherman who often fishes in Washington, said ...

Buying premade barbless hooks saves anglers a ton of time ... prefer octopus hooks for bead fishing when the fish run the rivers. Some fly guys will even use them to tie egg patterns or as the ...

Barbless hooks make release of wild fish easier ... Merrill Lake — Trout fishing will shift to catch-and-release in the fly-fishing-only lake in Cowlitz County north of Cougar.

Doug Baldwin of the Clearwater Fly Casters also backed them ... Co. in Clackamas told the Washington commission barbless hooks damper fishing enthusiasm and discourage tourism.

So be careful. The best thing is to buy barbless hooks if you tie your own flies. Fortunately, they are sold in most fly-fishing shops. Barbless flies are available, too. The new proposed regulation ...

One trendy trouter’s totem that I have not embraced, though, is the venerated barbless hook advisory. Yep, I know that among the fly-fishing community, barbless hooks are the rage. A few years ...

RareWaters fashions themselves as the “Airbnb of fly fishing.” The company ... No Trace” policy and practice ethical fishing (i.e.,catch and release fishing, barbless hooks). “We kind of join those ...