Couple of years ago went to a local "catch & release" section of a river and hooked up with a pretty big brown. Got it close enough to eyeball and then it broke me off. On goes another nymph that I tie and about the third cast another big hit. This one too was in the 18" range and it broke me off again.

Then the "Goofy" light bulb flashed and I remembered that a few days before I had been fishing a small mountain stream for gigantic six inchers on average and was using a 7X tippet.

Finally came to and changed to a 5X and believe it or don't nailed a legitimate 19" brown shortly thereafter. Wasn't the size of the fish so much as finally remembering where I was and the possibilities of catching a big 'un there. Needless to say, but being able to hook up with three fish in a row this size in this river was completely way out of character.

I still get that "goofy" feeling when ever I think about that day.

It's not the size of the fish but the memories that count be it a 4" or 28" one. And I've been lucky enough to marvel at them both.