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Message: <blockquote data-quote="mikew_RIP" data-source="post: 179438" data-attributes="member: 14174">The good fishermen take every care to try to avoid mishaps,there hook is on a weaker piece of line so if it snags and the line breaks it breaks on the short 12-15 inch end piece,there used hooks and line are taken home,the hooks themselves have no barbs on.All these things though do not exclude the possibility of an accident and like you i have done my fair share of rescues and cleaning up after thoughtless anglers,i dont fish now but have the gear and for some reason often include it in my list of hobbies.Although its upsetting to see, these incidents are fortunately rare when you consider the amount of fishing that goes on,it would be nice if they never happened.mike</blockquote>