i do remember, but only because it involved blood. First trout hooked on my own, stocker, local over-fished nearly-a-spring-creek in Pennsylvania. i was in such a hurry to release it that i stuck my fingers in its mouth to get the fly out...nobody had told me that TROUT HAVE TEETH! man, i was startled, bleeding, and fearful that the fish would expire right there in my hands. remembered the hemostats, got the hook out, and fish swam away. then i debated for several minutes whether i would come down with something dreadful if i put the bleeding thumb in my mouth. apparently not...