09-05-2019, 05:04 PM
Pat, a question about fligs. The smaller sizes all seem to have very small to almost no barb on the hooks. Is that by design ?
I know it causes less injury to fish and is easier to remove from fish, but my most recent problem is it allows some of the wiley river Cats to pick and tug and slip the bait off. I have been using the Kong fligs at the river, which have a more aggressive barb, and get lots of stripping nibbles, but if the hook is thru the carp skin, the cats can't get it all off and eventually take the whole hook.
Used a medium flig at UL LB yesterday, was trying to get some fresh WB, but one bad attitude cat took it, and I boated him. Then another grabbed it and took the wb skin, the Gulb grub, and left me a bent hook ........[mad]
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I know it causes less injury to fish and is easier to remove from fish, but my most recent problem is it allows some of the wiley river Cats to pick and tug and slip the bait off. I have been using the Kong fligs at the river, which have a more aggressive barb, and get lots of stripping nibbles, but if the hook is thru the carp skin, the cats can't get it all off and eventually take the whole hook.
Used a medium flig at UL LB yesterday, was trying to get some fresh WB, but one bad attitude cat took it, and I boated him. Then another grabbed it and took the wb skin, the Gulb grub, and left me a bent hook ........[mad]
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