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Another post to demonstrate my incompetence. I've noticed that the first thing that happens when I get a large fish on(thankfully more common these days than last year), is I get concerned about harming the fish. I know I'm suppose to get the thing unhooked as quickly as possible without getting it totally fatiqued. The next thing is I worry about my tippet, even though it is usually 5x flouro and good for around 4# test. Thankfully my days of knot failure seem to be behind me. Anyway last night I failed to land two huge(Ah since I never landed them I'm allowed to give them any size I want), browns. Both hit at the end of a drift aboout 30ft downstream in the current. I almost always play my fish off the reel, simply stripping the line in and using my finger to set the "drag". The second fish had the intellegence to run right at me and get some slack before he shed the hook. I couldn't keep up with him coming at me. Should I be trying to get the fish "on the reel" and if so how is that best done. Thanks,Frogge.
Another post to demonstrate my incompetence. I've noticed that the first thing that happens when I get a large fish on(thankfully more common these days than last year), is I get concerned about harming the fish. I know I'm suppose to get the thing unhooked as quickly as possible without getting it totally fatiqued. The next thing is I worry about my tippet, even though it is usually 5x flouro and good for around 4# test. Thankfully my days of knot failure seem to be behind me. Anyway last night I failed to land two huge(Ah since I never landed them I'm allowed to give them any size I want), browns. Both hit at the end of a drift aboout 30ft downstream in the current. I almost always play my fish off the reel, simply stripping the line in and using my finger to set the "drag". The second fish had the intellegence to run right at me and get some slack before he shed the hook. I couldn't keep up with him coming at me. Should I be trying to get the fish "on the reel" and if so how is that best done. Thanks,Frogge.