and now for a philosophical fishing question
is it better to hook into and lose a great fish?
or to never hook into it at all?
before answering, think about it. fishing stories are great and you get to know that there are monster fish in there when you lose the fish, but then there is also the huge feeling of loss and anger at yourself for youre mistake that lost the fish and the frustration of losing the fish of a lifetime.
just a philosophical question from a 15 year old fly fisher...
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DDR: I am 51 years older than you. When I was your age I would have been really PO'd if I had lost a big one. Now at my age it don't matter. I figure that if I hook him I fooled him. The attitude change didn't happen over night and I imagine there are a lot of folks in FAOL who feal about the same as I do.
Tim
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a submarine size trout tried for my foam grasshopper today but it missed. I wish it had been hooked and that I had brought it to net. I want to catch fish.
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It is better to have had and lost than to never have had at all.
I know, because I have had and lost and I don't regret it at all.
I hooked into the biggest Brown Trout I have ever seen, I mean it was like a salmon. I was drifting the canyon section of the Missouri River in Craig, Montana and I hooked into a monster. It came up to the surface on its side, then turned down and took the fly. Both the guide and myself said, "Oh My God" at the same time and the fight was on. I finally lost him, the size 18 hook came out because we had to go downstream with the river, it was too fast to hold the drift boat and the fish went upstream and then down below a huge boulder. But it was a monster Brown and I am glad that I felt it's power and had the pleasure of fighting it for a few minutes.
Larry
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I have never lost a fish that wasn't a monster. And they get bigger every time I tell about it. :)
Bob Bolton
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Panman reflected by view.
I will add that we both got some good excercise and excitement
And
If I fooled it once, it can be fooled again.
Max :D
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Originally Posted by sagefisher
It is better to have had and lost than to never have had at all.
I know, because I have had and lost and I don't regret it at all.
I hooked into the biggest Brown Trout I have ever seen, I mean it was like a salmon. I was drifting the canyon section of the Missouri River in Craig, Montana and I hooked into a monster. It came up to the surface on its side, then turned down and took the fly. Both the guide and myself said, "Oh My God" at the same time and the fight was on. I finally lost him, the size 18 hook came out because we had to go downstream with the river, it was too fast to hold the drift boat and the fish went upstream and then down below a huge boulder. But it was a monster Brown and I am glad that I felt it's power and had the pleasure of fighting it for a few minutes.
Larry
WOW! Me too! :shock: But mine was like a sturgeon.
Joe
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I don't understand why you guys are loosing all these fish :roll: :roll: :roll:
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pan man, i didnt think about age and experience, but i understand what youre saying. i personally would rather not hook into it than lose it becuase im too tired of losing the monsters :shock: ive got a bunch of fish stories all from this one lake in michigan were i lost about a 35 inch walleye (snapped my 15 pound test line like it was thread) a couple 25 + inch bass, and a recent one where about a 30 incher jumped immeditaley after the hooks set and threw the hook out. although recently i managed to haul in one of the monsters it was a 20 inch bass ( my personal record) but after all those losses and only hauling in one of them, i would have rather not even dealt with some of them. the 35 inch walleye stole my one of a kind, bass lure that i made myself. and i no longer have access to the tools to make it. i would have prefered catching a dozen or so more 14-16 inch bass on it than losing it on one monster after only 10 fish.
so personally im fine with losing a few mosters, but only in moderation :lol:
so thats my view based on my experiences.
keep the post going though, this may get pretty interesting :D
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Another vote for the hook-up.
For me, the take...be it the boil of a bass on a popper, the unforgettable grab of a steelhead to a swung fly, or the decisive pluck of a dry fly by a trout in a bitty creek...is "the biggest moment." Everything after that, including bringing the fish to hand, is entertainment.
I have brought nice fish to hand that didn't give an exciting take. While I appreciated them, those moments never seemed as big.
I think much of the attractiveness of fishing is due in part to the mystery; Here we are, drifting a fly on a surface current or plunging it deep in the darker water, tempting and tricking nature in another element...and, for me, wanting that "big moment."
Of course, missed fish are a different story. :D