Out at Neah Bay this summer with a friend from the tri-cities..... slamming coho on 1/0 clouser minnows. My friend hooks a nice fish he thinks is of hatchery origin. I reach down grab and tail it, see the fin and reach to unhook the fish. Just as I am reaching down my buddy leans over to looks for himself. While leaning over the side he is pulling back on his 10 foot 8wt with enough bend to make Jimmy Houston proud. The fish thrashes, the hook pops loose and catapults deep into the knuckle on my pinky. I yell some mild obsenities and say... "it better be barbless" He says "of course it is" WRONG!!! I pull, it doesn't move! I called him a few more obsenities and told him to cut the line. ( He tried to cut it right at the knot so he doesn't waste his leader...which caused me great pain and anguish!!! ) Now I'm calling him far more advanced swear words and I tell him to cut it farther up the line! I ended up using needlenose pliers to twist the hook upside down and pull it out with the barb grinding along the knuckle bone. After About 10 minutes of work, it came free, complete with a chunk of meat attached! I bled like a stuck pig.... cleaned it, put a bandage on it, then puked over the side of the boat! My finger still hurts and its been 5 months!