I fished the Esopus this past Thursday I was having a pretty good day,caught and released a couple of browns an bows. Then it happened ,I had just hooked a fish and after a good run down river I had him back up river in a minute or two .I had him within 10 feet of me and was lifting his head up out of the water when a large Heron(I think it was) came from across the river an snatched him right out of the water, before I knew it he had peeled about 25 feet of line of my reel an was sitting in a tree across from me, he then flew over into the next tree an snapped the 5x tippet off. So, has anyone else ever lost a fish to a similar incident or any wild life?
The thief

The fish I caught from the day