OH no, I landed him with a net! Don't need no cut up hands or a broken rod tip!

In our pond we've got catfish up to about 45# or so and we stock those coppernose and hybrid brim which sometimes can approach the 2# range.

Most of the time I am out there with my 1wt going after those huge brim as they are a blast on the 1wt and if the day is just right, you can catch one on just about every cast.. Thats what I was doing this morning before we put out heavy lines later today to get 6 or 7 of those big cats for a fish fry later this evening.