Give it up Aunty, I'm siding with Skywalker.

It is much easyer to lose a fish on a barbless hook than a hook that has barbs. But if pressure is consistant, then you increase the chance of landing a fish on a barbless hook.
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They say that the man that gets a Ph.D. is the smart one. But I think that the man that learns how to get paid to fish is the smarter one.