The Tragedy of a Barbless Hook 



And now, since I have told you where the big ones 

 are to be found go! But when you catch all you 

 need for the wants of the day, for the sake of all 

 fishermen, and for the sake of those who are to come 

 after us, use a barbless hook. You can make them 

 out of the flies that you have at hand with a pair of 

 snippers and a small file. It will give you just as 

 many thrills, nay more. If you can land 'em that way, 

 you are more than a fisherman .you are an angler 

 and a sportsman. With wet hands you can turn them 

 back with no torn and bleeding mouth, and they will 

 be waiting for you next year in this land of sky and 

 water. 



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