I had a high school teacher more than 30 years ago that made a huge impression on me regarding 'increased surface area', or ISA as he liked to call it.  I still ponder and/or marvel at the concept probably a couple times a month.  Millions of applications.  However, I can't, for the life of me, buy your argument.  Is it POSSIBLE that you might pierce the lib better barbless?  I suppose.  Does that come anywhere NEAR compensating for risk of losing that same fish without a barb?

 

     Arguments about 'better for the fish' or better for our own puncture wounds are easy to swallow....but using barbless because you might get better hook-ups and that offsets the risk of fish throwing the hook?  I'm not ready to buy what your selling, I'm afraid.

You lose that many fish fishing barbless? thats due to your sub-par technique im afraid.

On the count of three. One... Two... YANK! " i thought you said on count of three!?" is the method round here lol