Ain't Much New

[DonAndersen]

Folks,

 

When I am varnishing cane rods and I have little to do but watch a rod get pulled from the varnish @ 2.5"/minute - I read. Was doing some reading of one of my earliest FF books. Fly Rods and Fly Tackle published in 1885

Found a section on hook styles with a drawing of a barbless hook

Found a comment on what he thinks of barbless hooks

And here I thought that the barbless hooks I got in 1970 were a new thing.

And for Toolmans' sake - still reading and laughing @ his take on long [+13'] FF rods.

 

catch ya'

 

Don

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[timjorourke]

It appear that the barbless hook in the books diagram has a shaft of metal that angles down from mid shaft across the gape. This extension would effectively lock a fishes mouth on the hook once the hook was set. Not a true barbless hook in the modern sense but pretty good at keeping weeds off.