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Johan de Vlieger

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Owner ST66 WITH barb and no heavy pliers around...

Fishing is no matter of life or death : it's far more important !!

Chuen Fan

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Ouch..!! There's a good reason why you should fish barbless hooks, and even more reason to have a few choice words to anyone that casts recklessly, one incident like this spoils the whole trip!
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Nathan Cefai

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Painfull mate  >:(

Peter Agapiou

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Thats what eyes are for !

Milton Mao

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Thank god it is not st76.  hope you get better.

Mark Harris

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Yet more evidence for debarbed hooks. Carry a diamond file or heavy pliers at all times.

That looks very painful and I hope you or your mate is OK.

Bernie Keys

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Ever tried to cut out a treble to get past the barbs? I did and taught me 2 things:

1/. Fishing knives can be sharp but because of what we use them for they are also very dirty. (would you eat with one...)  :(
2/. Human skin/flesh is surprisingly tough so I added a clean scalpel to the fishing kit  :)
Fishing is not life & death...its much more important than that!

Alex Jordan

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will second Bernies comment - scalpel and butterfly stitches in a first aid kit ...

Fished a small boat in April and Dave Foyle came up with the idea of rotation casting and keeping the popper OUTSIDE the boat at all times - bit awkward but safety comes first ...

Cam Foley

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Leave it there and Cary on fishing, no big deal people get piercings all the time.
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