Could this behaviour be seasonal? I know in the summer, I'll get 3-4 strikes to one take/hook but in the fall/spring/winter that ratio is closer to 1:1 or 2:1 just like yesterday. I'm fishing an attractor in near downpour conditions thinking it would never work but I got 5 hookups and releases. The only guarantee for a miss is slack line. Either way I've never seen a bream "swat flies" with their tail but then again I've never been close enough to see it either.
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