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Published daily in Bend, Oregon, by Western Communications, Inc. Copyright 2007.
By Gary Lewis / The Bulletin
January 11, 2007
The good folks at companies like Daiichi, Gamakatsu and Eagle Claw put barbs on their hooks for one reason: so they don't back out easy. When the point slides in, it stays in. That's a good thing when a steelhead takes the bait and you put the backbone of the rod to it.
But it can be a bad....
