After managing to get a barbed hook stuck in my finger for the second time this close season while fly tying yesterday, i thought i'd post my flawless way to remove barbed hooks as a guide for any of you out there that are unlucky enough to get a hook in your finger (or anywhere else).

For the photos i put the hook in a towel as i didn't facy sticking a hook in myself.

things you will need:

Another person
a cold water tap
strong tying thread

Right you've got a hook in yourself, after cursing and swearing for a while collect some thread and a person, and go to your kitchen or bathroom or wherever you've got a tap.

Take the thread cut a large length of it, and stick one end of the thread round the bend of the hook like so.


After you have done this put your finger under the cold water tap for 1 or 2 minutes until your finger is numb, then pinch your skin where the hook point is lifting the skin up while keeping your finger under the tap.


then hand the thread to the other person line up the hook so it is going straight keep pinching the skin where the point of the hook is, and tell the other person to pull as straight and as hard as they can on the count of three.


Now put a tissue on it or if you want a plaster.

Well done, that's nearly correct.but you need to press down on the eye of the hook before you pull.
And forget thread you need some strong mono, min 10lb Bs



Jim

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The Fishermans Friend is the Flirty Fly,Fickle Food for Fleeting Fish.

I can vouch for Jim, sorted me out last summer with a kate Mclaren, ( the very one in my Classics post) in past the barb in my hand.
Never felt a thing!

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It is in truth not glory,nor riches, nor honours that we are fighting,but for freedom - for that alone, which no honest man gives up but with his life.(Declaration of Arbroath, 1320)

Always thought it best to push the hook all the way through before snipping off the barbed point, or the hook shank, with sidecutters.

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Save the softmouth trout

Have you tried that method?
I would not recommend it

All the best
Graham

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It is in truth not glory,nor riches, nor honours that we are fighting,but for freedom - for that alone, which no honest man gives up but with his life.(Declaration of Arbroath, 1320)

NO.Bloody hell.you like inflicting pain.

Jim

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The Fishermans Friend is the Flirty Fly,Fickle Food for Fleeting Fish.

No - the only time I did it I went to A&E, after the day finished.


Painless - spray/local anaesthetic - the tetanus jab hurt like hell though.

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Save the softmouth trout

Thanks Don, that may prove useful at some point.
I was once told to tell the person you were extracting the hook from, that you would count to three, but actually pull on two, and surprise them.
S.

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"A glint of sun has warmed the air,The flies will soon hatch out, To lure and tempt from their deep lair, The bonnie speckled trout." SKB tackle supporter. I love Furled Leaders.

I always flatten the barb before placing hook in vice. Preferably, buy barbles.
Out on one occasion with brither in law, he got fly stuck in his eye. Not wearing glasses and a windy day. I cut the leaer leaving 8 in left hanging down. The woosy refused to let me open his eye/lift up his lid. Trip hospital then on to second hospital after first had put some anaestic drops in. Saw othalmic surgeon who put more drops in his eye which caused his eye to open, magic. Black and peacock spider just fell out. NOT STUCK IN HIS EYE AT ALL. If he'd only just had lift his eye lid. WOOSY.

Had to take a mate to hospital when he stuck a bollie baiting needle in his thumb. The one with hook and latch on the end. Couldn't pull the thing due to the hook. 4 hours later, needle removed and one stitch in thumb. God i hate wasting fishing time unless talking fishing.

I got one in the very soft strechy skin on the back my arm and couldn't free it, went to hospital and they couldn't get it out by push through even with local anaesia, scalpal time!!!!!

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