Funny, these rules.

I've seen more fatally hooked fish on barbless singles than I have barbless trebbles.

Think about it. If a big fish swallows your single plug, odds are that single hook will be very deep and will probably cause a fatal hook up. It's very easy to drive a single hook in the gill, throat, eye, or tongue.

Since the trebble is big and bulky, odds are the hook won't be in nearly as deep and will only do superficial wounds to the fishes face, not eye, throat, gills or tongue.

Personally, if Ihad my choice, I'd run barbless trebbles on plugs. Single barbless on plugs kills fish. No debate on the rules here, as I know that not all fisherman are using plugs.

I don't have enough evidence to talk about spoons. I've never seen a fatally hooked fish on a single barbless spoon.

Parker

[This message has been edited by parker (edited 11-01-2000).]
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