Topwater Caranx Ignobilis: Giant Trevally (GT) > Tackle & Techniques
Debarbing Trebles - What's the best way!?
Mark Harris:
A Dremel is helpful when trying to de-barb very large, super-hard singles (eg Jobu 11/0).... I sometimes can't get the barb down on those with pliers.
Brandon Khoo:
I use a dremel for all my hooks except for ST66s which I buy in the barbless model
Doug Terry:
came across these Gamakatsu GT Recorder Barbless treble hooks 5/0 how do they compair to st66's
Al Morrison:
Doug, If i have the sizes right i think you will find the GT recorders bigger, heavier and stronger. Hooks dont actually have a universally applicable size scale so one 5/0 isnt the same as another. I think that has been discussed elsewhere in here at length. The weight of the hooks affects the lures quite a bit.
I'm a dremel person for de-barbing also, but careful to do it without heating the hooks up to much which i presume potentially affects their strength to some degree. I then use indelible black marker on the sanded parts and points to stop rusting and help keep them sharp.
Les Maunder:
Another method requires smooth faced baker pliers with no ribs on the plier faces.
1. Grab the hook as you normally would to flatten the barb and you will find that the hook will roll over approx 45 degrees - let it do this.
2. Squeeze the pliers hard and rotate the hook by hand returning the hook to the position you first grabbed it by with the pliers.
3. The barb will now by completely flattened - easy
Try it .
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