OK, I'm not afraid to admit my ignorance!
On the way home from the S-o-w-b-u-g, My daughter and I stopped and
fished a portion of the White River.
A very interestiong thing happened. Using the "special"
wooly-bugger, I hooked a really nice brown trout. I mean
reeeeeallly nice!
I have never landed a big trout - caught a bunch, but never landed
one. This would be my first.
I played it for several minutes - line in; line out; rod tip high,
etc. The water was pretty swift where I was playing this fish.
Then a very odd thing happened. . .it just stopped! I might as well
have been trying to pull stumps out! Not struggle - and certainly no
giving an inch. I thought I was hung up. I released a little
line - nothing. I tried leading it to the left with my rod -
nothing. I tried leading it to the right - nothing. I decided
to give it a little more line. BAM! I could have sooner
stopped a train than stopped that trout! Before I knew it, he
cleared the surface and broke off.
OK. . .what did I do wrong? I was using a 5x tippet - 3 lb.
test.
Thanks for your advice - and the other snide remarks that are bound
to come my way!
Doc
