Barb is one tool for fishing the most popular and used for fishing.
Used as a hook to place the bait, which was originally made from bone or hard wood in the past.
In the present variety has been able to hook made from a variety of hard metals such as iron (which was given a chrome coating), steel or also with a mixture of other metal materials such as carbon material.
Fishhook having a variety of shapes and sizes (picture left). While for large size-small the hook usually distinguished by using numbers (picture below).