I been a fisherman for 48 years. Never once got hooked until today and I wasn’t even fishing. I reached into a bin to pull out a tent and this is what came with it. Made a real nice “Pop” when I pulled it
Wish I Used Barbless Hooks
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Owww. I remember when I was a kid I hooked my dad. I was casting and he was behind me and I hooked his head. Man, he was pissed.
Ouch!
A veterinarian friend taught me a trick which might have worked in your case. First, cut off the two non-impaled hooks at the shank. Second, push the impaled hook's point out through the skin just past its barb. Third, cut off the point with barb. Fourth, back what's left of the hook through the original point of entry. Fifth, get a tetanus shot!
A veterinarian friend taught me a trick which might have worked in your case. First, cut off the two non-impaled hooks at the shank. Second, push the impaled hook's point out through the skin just past its barb. Third, cut off the point with barb. Fourth, back what's left of the hook through the original point of entry. Fifth, get a tetanus shot!
Actually it barely hurt. Felt more like pressure and a pinch. Crazy. I pushed in and backed it out as far as i could. Then told my son to put pressure above the entry and yanked. Made a really interesting “pop” when the barb pulled out. Only bled a little. Crazy it was a newer rapala and the hooks are razor sharp so that may have helped
I feel your pain, have had many a fly stuck in my back.
That is why I fish for Brook trout, #14-#22’s come out easy!
Yep, all the fishing for all sorts of fish, it was fly fishing for browns that I finally got myself - hip deep in a cold little stream with lots of current - was out with a young guide in the Black Hills - he popped it right out and back to fishing. 
That’s definitely not fun.
When I was in my early teens I hooked my older brother in the lip on a back cast. To this day I call him fish lips.
When I was in my early teens I hooked my older brother in the lip on a back cast. To this day I call him fish lips.
I'm a clumsy oaf and get hooked a few times a year but as has been mentioned a trout fly hook is easier to extract based on size alone. I've never been hooked by a treble thank goodness, now let me find some wood to touch.........
Ouch! I had a friend who lost an eye to a fishing hook, and I don't think it was his own. Fishing is mostly pretty serene, but that is a real danger.
I lived in Spearfish for 12 years before moving to Colorado. That landscape looks very familiar!
I feel your pain. I swapped out the treble hooks on my Rapalas with in-line circle hooks, and pinch down the barbs. Safer for you and the trout!
Ouch! Well, I've been there more times than I can count. Teach enough people to fish and it's going to happen.
I've always figured these are sacrifices to the fishing gods for such wonderful beauty all the other times.
I've always figured these are sacrifices to the fishing gods for such wonderful beauty all the other times.
Fly fishing broke my barb/treble habit. After going strictly to the fly rod, I never saw a reason for barbs or treble hooks again - especially after seeing these kind of accidents with them. So I did the same for my kids Rapala gear - swapped out trebles and pinched the barbs.
But dadgum that looks like it hurt. At least when the hook comes back out you can pinch barbs then back it out. That yank would have my stomach in knots
But dadgum that looks like it hurt. At least when the hook comes back out you can pinch barbs then back it out. That yank would have my stomach in knots
Yah have to say I’d rather Hookless Bras than that.
It is not very pleasant to see such a state. It was a small scare. I hope you have a good fishing trip.