No problems leaving front hook off. I only buy spoons....spinners....cranks....with single hooks. I also have micro vibration baits with single hooks. I use some barbless hooks. It comes in handy if your into white bass where you catch on every cast. I do not like the barbless for trout...which strangely enough....is why I bought them. I lose too many fish due to their rolling when hooked. I have several bait types with micro barb hooks...and they work very well. What baits I did own that have trebles I will switch out the hooks to singles. I sure don’t like doing it though. The Japanese hooks I use will bury in you in a micro second.
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