I'll put in my $0.02 on this thread....
I'll strip in line on the small trout I target in local stremas & up in the Sierras.. Most of the time when i fish with my 2 wt. & 3t. set ups, i will always strip in the line on the Trout. However, since I rarely cast great distances in these situations, it is a simple matter on picking up the line in hand & moving after a fish that heads over the edge or B-lines into another area where i can not move from my location...
When I'm working the larger rivers for Steelhead & Salmon...it is bloody important to get on the reel as fast as possible. Steelhead are usually willing to make a run downstream when you first hook them that will pick up all the loose line in fast order for you, be careful to allow the line to shot thru the guides smoothly so as to not pop your tippet!!!
The King Salmon I fish for up north are a different game, you set the hook hard 2 or 3 times then I'll turn towards shore with the flyrod back over my shoulder. I carefully work back onto the Sandbar or bank from the deeperwater i was out in, as I wade ashore, I'm slowly feeding out loose line as the salmon is moving thru the pool. once on the sandbar/Bank I'll have the line either on the reel or out in a straight contact with the Salmon.... then the part of working up & down the bank for the next 30 minutes plus begins.
Surf Flyfishing is basically the same thing... when you get a take, keep the rod on a low angle & back up the Beach to pick up the loose line. try to get loose line on the reel at the same time...but baby the tippet.
Out in the Ocean on a Boat the situation calls for you setting the Hook Hard. Then you must allow the first Run, while at the same time picking up loose line so that you'll have that salty Fish on the reel quickly... care must always be taken when reeling up the loose line from your Stripping basket, a knotted up bunch of line at this time can prove big trouble, thank goodness Flyline usually is easy to "un-knot".
Larger Trout, Bass, Stripers, etc.....all of them require similar techniques to fight them. My game is to get them on the reel ASAP... simply because it allows better control of loose line & I can then use the smooth Disc drag system for what is was made for... Also with no loose coils of line laying around your feet in the Boat or on th Beach or the Bank you do not risk the chance of Hog tieing yourself in the Heat of the Fight...... which would make for fun viewing for your fishing friends, but makes you feel a lot more silly then you want to be at that particular time...
DEAN...
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