Vanfook PL-41B Barbless Plugging Single Hooks for Lures, Inline Treble Replacement for Minnows, Plugs & Spinners, Perch, Chub & River Trout, Medium Heavy Wire, Size 12, Pack of 12, Japanese

• UNHOOKS IN SECONDS, NOT MINUTES - One barbless point instead of six barbed ones backs out of a jaw, a landing-net mesh or a finger in a single movement. Less handling time for the fish, far less to unpick from the net, and less weed dragged back to the rod tip. There is no barb to crush flat or file off, wherever you choose to fish barbless.
• PERCH, CHUB AND WILD RIVER TROUT - This is the swap UK lure anglers make on 30-50 mm hard baits: trebles off, one barbless inline single on. At home on rivers, drains and canals for perch and chub, and on small streams for wild brown trout, fished on ultralight rods and light line.
• HANGS AND SWINGS AS THE LURE INTENDS - The straight inline eye sits perpendicular to the shank, so the hook drops into the split ring and swings freely instead of loading it with torque. Under a minnow or crank it hangs clear of the belly; behind a spinner blade and clevis it trails clean, with no treble arms left to catch the trace.
• SIZE 12 FITTING GUIDE - The finest of the four, for micro plugs and mini minnows of roughly 28-40 mm. From 38 mm it overlaps our size 10; take the 10 if you want more hold. Sizing rule for any lure: go two to three sizes larger than the treble it came with, so a 3 cm class plug on #16 trebles takes a #12 single. Twelve hooks per pack; also in sizes 10, 8 and 6.
• MADE IN JAPAN BY VANFOOK - The PL-41B is Vanfook's medium heavy wire plugging single: a curved point on a flat-forged shaft, pressed flat to raise its strength so it resists opening under load, with a hardness that is tough rather than brittle. The matt Stealth Black finish does not flash in clear, low water. Twelve hooks to a pack.

Most UK anglers who swap the trebles on a small hard lure for a barbless inline single do it for practical reasons: the hook comes out in seconds so the fish goes back lively, it lifts out of landing-net mesh instead of stitching itself in, it drags back less weed, and there is nothing swinging loose near your fingers. That swap is what the PL-41B is for. In the UK it earns its place on 30-50 mm minnows, small plugs and spinners: perch and chub on rivers, drains and canals, and wild brown trout on small streams, on ultralight rods and light line. Vanfook designed it for stream plugging and catch and release. The eye is straight and inline, so the hook drops into the split ring and swings freely rather than loading it with torque. The shaft is flat-forged - pressed flat to raise its strength - so it resists opening under load, and the point is a curved point. Medium heavy wire is Vanfook's own name for this model's gauge: enough backbone for a hook-set on light braid without deadening a small lure. The matt Stealth Black finish does not flash in clear, low water. Hook rules vary by water, species and season. Some rivers, clubs and fisheries ask for barbless hooks, a single hook on lures or a maximum hook gape, and many waters have no such rule at all, so always check the byelaws and the fishery's own rules for the water you are fishing. It is supplied barbless as manufactured, with nothing to crush flat or file off. Size 12 fits micro plugs and mini minnows of roughly 28-40 mm - the ultralight end, where a heavier hook sits the lure down and flattens its action. It sits one step below the published stream-minnow sizing for this hook family, which starts at a 4 cm minnow on a #8 or #10, so this band is our own guidance. From 38 mm our size 10 is the alternative if you want more hold. Converting: a 3 cm class plug ships on #16 trebles, and a single runs two to three sizes larger - a #12. Made in Japan by Vanfook and supplied as a pack of 12.