Stevie-B
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This has been happening to me quite a bit lately and it has become extremely frustrating. I'll cast, get a good drift, the fish will hit the fly, I set the hook, have the fish shake his head three or four times and the fly comes back to me.
Happens with drys and nymphs. I even had one where I was standing above the pool, hooked him, he circled the pool three times and the fly popped back. To give you an idea of how often this happens, in 45 min. I had hooked six fish and brought one to hand.
Is it my hook set is not hard enough or how I have the rod when playing the fish, etc.? Yes, the hooks are sharp. Looked there first. I put a lot of pressure on the fish to land them quickly and these are usually less then 12" anyway. In fact, the last fish I caugth was 4". Pathetic, I know, since it's not a small stream I'm fishing.
Any suggestions would be great.
Thanks,
Steve
Happens with drys and nymphs. I even had one where I was standing above the pool, hooked him, he circled the pool three times and the fly popped back. To give you an idea of how often this happens, in 45 min. I had hooked six fish and brought one to hand.
Is it my hook set is not hard enough or how I have the rod when playing the fish, etc.? Yes, the hooks are sharp. Looked there first. I put a lot of pressure on the fish to land them quickly and these are usually less then 12" anyway. In fact, the last fish I caugth was 4". Pathetic, I know, since it's not a small stream I'm fishing.
Any suggestions would be great.
Thanks,
Steve