These apply particularly to river smallie fishing in my case.

1. You are into a fish, but the trout fishing reflex kicked in, and you have lifted the rod instead of a line strip hook set. I have lost some fish in this case, and landed a few that were not well hooked. Do you?
A. Stick it out and hope for the best.
B. Somehow manage to get the rod pointed at the fish and try to get a hand strip hook set on the fish.

2. You are into a fish, with about 6 to 8 feet of slack line on the water. You try to get the line back on the reel but the fish keeps coming to you, and you can't get ahead of the line you are hand stripping in to stay with the fish.
Is it advisable to give that 6 to 8 feet of line back to the fish right away,(not allowing slack into the line) before he makes a run to you?