Yesterday I was fishing and hooked 6 fish ,the first 3 fish I landed without a problem . The next 3 I lost when the fish were 5 feet from being landed , all 3 hook sets were solid . I know this is a tough question but do you think there was anything I did to lose the fish? Thanks in adavance Tom
Hey Tom,
I’ll get back to you on this . :)
Mark
If you get an answer to this one… we would all sure be interested!!
Your hook got dull or the point of the hook broke???
That’s why it’s fishing, and not catching.
Since i’m 100% C&R. That never bothers me. As a matter of fact I wish they would all do that. It saves me from touching the fish. The goal for me it to fool the trout and catch it. The last 5 feet aren’t that exciting anyway. The fight is over by then.
IMHO anyway.
Tom,
If you don’t know, how could we?
I’ll assume that you checked the obvious things, like hook damage.
Too many possibilities, including the most likely one. Fate, luck, the vagaries of the stellar alignment, or maybe you just weren’t holding your mouth right.
No one lands them all.
Since you got to hook and fight them to ‘almost’ I’m with Gramps here. Seems like a long line release by a skilled angler to me.
Good Luck!
Buddy
Yep, Love those long line releases…I also am with Gramps… 8)
Sometimes they just shake loose. I have noticed I lose more on smaller hooks.
I noticed on the last outting I was loosing a lot of fish up close. I think it was the fact that I was on stillwater with wind and a glass rod with very soft action. I would have been better keeping the tip in the water and pulling the line, but I was towing a friend in a float tube in front of me.
Sometimes they hit hard and other times they give the illusion they have hit when in truth they have a small portion of the flie in their mouth.
Try the rod tip in the water and pulling the line when you feel something, then raise the tip.
You hooked 6 fish. How about this, tell me exactally where you were fishing. I’ll go there and check it out for you. After I hook a bunch of fish, and if any of them get off, I’ll give a full report.
How’s that for being a helpful nice guy? I’m so glad I was able to finally contribute something useful to this forum. 
Honestly, having a few fish throw the hook could be nearly anything. Were you keeping steady tension on the line? I know sometimes if the line goes slack (and that does happen at times when the fight is over) the fish can throw the hook.
Jeff
I guess I could only second that previous though, if the tension on the line eased at that moment?
It did happen to me once fishing a lake shore with a Woolley Bugger and I lost two fish like that… Later I looked and the hook was broken iinside the dressing, so it looked perfect. If you bent it you found it was snapped in the shaft…It would bring a fighting fish in OK but at my feet the angle seemed right for it to give way, so it cost me a couple before I worked it out.
It?s a conspiracy! The fish are plotting against you. Know telling what they may do next. Best do your part by warning all on this board and gives us the exact location so we can avoid the area. :lol:
Like many have said, too many variables to say exactly why. I am with Gramps on this one. The extended line release method is the way to go. That way you never have to fess up about the one that got away. 
Of course, you could start using Teimco 200R hooks and you’d only have to worry about it half as much :twisted:
Duckster…
OUCH!!!
Another fishreman having issues with that hook?
Go figure.
Buddy
That went right over my flat head, ducksterman. Can you or Buddy explain. I have the Daiichi equivilent, and you have me a litle worried.
Thomas, I’ve had the same thing happen to me. Brought a very large bass to within ten feet or so, then heard a buzzing noise as the fly zipped past my ear and the fish disappeared. It turned out to be a hook that became dull while fishing with it.
After catching more than 5 fish and my brother inlaw (new flyfisherman) catching ZERO, I took a look at his fly and the point of the hook had broken off!!!
Since I like my brother inlaw, I didn’t outfish him 100-0, before I checked his hook.
Doug
[quote=“Tracy”]
That went right over my flat head, ducksterman. Can you or Buddy explain. I have the Daiichi equivilent, and you have me a litle worried.
Thomas, I’ve had the same thing happen to me. Brought a very large bass to within ten feet or so, then heard a buzzing noise as the fly zipped past my ear and the fish disappeared. It turned out to be a hook that became dull while fishing with it.[/quote]
Since you asked…IMHO that hook looks very nice …for example, on the Stimulator…but in my experience the hook-ups are significantly decreased compared to using a standard hook…I never tie my Stimulator’s [or anything else] on the 200R…go ahead and use it …then in the spirit of this thread you won’t have to worry about long line releases as often :roll: …Hey, it’s simple the gape on that hook is diminished.
I have read a good bit on this particular phenomenon.
In the circles that I have repeatedly been excluded from this technique is referred to as “S.R”.
Also known as “Spontaneous Release” .
It is subtle and rarely occurs naturally.
You obviously are a natural and have’nt even been aware of this gift.
Most people have to actually land the quarry to remove the hook .
Few have a delicate enough touch to relase without having to handle the fish.
I salute you.
(i seem to have the problem of getting them attached to the hook :lol: )
Perch
Tracy,
The tiemco 200R, 2312, and it’s equivalents have a very storied history.
Many folks report reduced hook ups with this particular ‘shape’ of hook.
Actually, they are GREAT hooks, but they only work well on large fish. The ‘little ones’ seem to miss them most times, or even to throw them easily.
So, obviously The Duckster finds them a problem :lol:.
Good Luck!
Buddy
(set that one up well, if I may say so myself…)