Use flies here, but I pinch down barbs to make it easier to release fishermen. Never done streamside surgery on my body, but I have cut or pushed hooks though or cut them off from 4 anglers over my career.
I got smoked by a guy casting a Rapala. Took it in the back. Also took a 1/2 oz jig to the forehead. The Rapala had barbs and way more hooks. Sucked bad.
