Fly Fishing Always

At Fly Fishing Always we promote and practice Catch & Release and the use of barb less or pinched barb hooks. I believe pinching your barb is more important than ever. With the increase in popularity of fly fishing and the use of larger attractor patterns we are seeing an increasing number of damaged fish. The larger patterns almost always get lodged in the corner of a trout's mouth. This makes it almost impossible to release a trout on a barbed hook without doing some damage to the trout. Some argue that it is more damaging to the trout to use a barbless hook than a barbed? If you don't pinch already please try it for a season and judge for yourself. This is a natural fishery and we want to keep it that ( www.flyfishingalways.com )