Good barbless hooks

by Sean W
(Rochester NY)

I just picked up more hooks to tie my favorite nymph pattern (mixed synthetic and natural dark reddish-brown dubbing with a 5/32 inch gold tungsten bead head).

So far my favorite is a Tiemco barbless nymph hook. It has an extra fine barbless point, and it seems even the small fish (2-3 inch wild rainbows) can't wriggle off like other barbless hooks.

In case anyone wants to try/look for them, theyre the TMC403BLJ hook (I use size 10). The 60 degree bend near the eye helps put the bead in a proper nymph position.

“The bitterness of poor quality remains long after the sweetness of low price is forgotten” - Benjamin Franklin

"Be sure in casting, that your fly fall first into the water, for if the line fall first, it scares or frightens the fish..." -
Col. Robert Venables 1662

As age slows my pace, I will become more like the heron.

We've all had situations where seriously chewed up flies kept catching fish after fish after fish. It is no sin to tie flies that come off the vise looking seriously chewed up.