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What happened ?
Yesterday I was fishing and hooked 6 fish ,the first 3 fish I landed without a problem . The next 3 I lost when the fish were 5 feet from being landed , all 3 hook sets were solid . I know this is a tough question but do you think there was anything I did to lose the fish? Thanks in adavance Tom
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Hey Tom,
I'll get back to you on this . :):)
Mark
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If you get an answer to this one.... we would all sure be interested!!
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Your hook got dull or the point of the hook broke???
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That's why it's fishing, and not catching.
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Since i'm 100% C&R. That never bothers me. As a matter of fact I wish they would all do that. It saves me from touching the fish. The goal for me it to fool the trout and catch it. The last 5 feet aren't that exciting anyway. The fight is over by then.
IMHO anyway.
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Tom,
If you don't know, how could we?
I'll assume that you checked the obvious things, like hook damage.
Too many possibilities, including the most likely one. Fate, luck, the vagaries of the stellar alignment, or maybe you just weren't holding your mouth right.
No one lands them all.
Since you got to hook and fight them to 'almost' I'm with Gramps here. Seems like a long line release by a skilled angler to me.
Good Luck!
Buddy
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Yep, Love those long line releases...I also am with Gramps... 8)
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Sometimes they just shake loose. I have noticed I lose more on smaller hooks.
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I noticed on the last outting I was loosing a lot of fish up close. I think it was the fact that I was on stillwater with wind and a glass rod with very soft action. I would have been better keeping the tip in the water and pulling the line, but I was towing a friend in a float tube in front of me.
Sometimes they hit hard and other times they give the illusion they have hit when in truth they have a small portion of the flie in their mouth.
Try the rod tip in the water and pulling the line when you feel something, then raise the tip.