I have been interested in getting hold of the discontinued Mustad 3257B or the simular Partridge Roman Moser CS27GRS fly hooks with these interesting unique characteristic ,an inward elbowish bend in the wire just before the point.This would allow the fish to stay on the hook without throwing it off too easily also allow you to remove the hook from the fish with little damage.It is in fact barbless.It may not be to everyones likeing that the bumb may hamper the setting of the hook acording to some people but Ive heard some people said they had no problem with these hooks.Iwould like to try these and see for myself ,they look very interesting.It may be of some interest that there is these teflon coated barbless carp hooks called the Fox Armapoint SSBP size 4 to 10.The slippery teflon coating would allow very fast penetrating strikes.Also theres a very deep setting chzeckoslovakian fly hook the Knapek barbless .