barbless fishing hooks to nylon Drennan Wide Gape Carp Plate 6" – Willy Worms forged for strength Dyxssm Small Barbless Fishing Hooks

1955 Garcia Trade Catalog shows more of the co-operative Garcia/Mitchell Conolon based Companion rods 1957 Garcia Trade Catalog shows their ultimate quality of the era, the Gold Bond rod series Note the handgrips to suit the 1952 ABU Ambassadeur and the soon to arrive 1959 Abumatic reels of the era

I'm a muskie fisherman and I pinch the barbs on all of my casting baits

Here in Wisconsin, I generally dont start flipping until the water hits about 50 degrees, and then Ill usually start with a jig, but once they get close to the spawn, and after, it just seems like a soft plastic performs better

Some interesting stuff Maybe not so much the Bayou Boogie or the spoon which could be anything, but the odd plastic plug with the weedless hooks is a weird one

Some specialist hook patterns, such as Klinkhamer hooks, are often only available with a barb