I fish a catch and release lake only. My question for the more knowing is this: If the bluegill swallow the hook, is it better to just cut the fly off and let him digest it or try to get it out? The last time I tried to get a really deep one out, I busted the gills and I am sure that although I did not keep the fish, he truly was fish food for some other critter. My fishing friend in Utah says that the acids in a trouts stomach will dissolve the hook in about a week. I do not know about bluegills.