another "why"
because once you have had a 10 pound striper hooked on one hook on a treble and the other two hooks of the treble in your hand you would understand.
I still recall with horror unhooking my 9 year old daughters prize, caught on a Rebel I had chucked out for her. It was dark; I was careless in how I grabbed the fish and thumblocked it a bit too close to where the hook was lodged. She shone the light o
n it to look at it and as stripers do when flashlights are shone on them; it went wild and somehoe I had the other two hooks of that treble in my hand. Fortunately - I had removed the front treble and debarbed the hooks.
Still, controlling the fish with my other hand, ripping the hook out of the fih and then ripping the other two hooks out of me is not a good memory. Nor was the memory of my daughter crying hysterically as she saw blood pouring from my hand and heard me
cursing as I ripped the hook out.
L.