04-14-2008, 01:49 PM
That is a tuff one to answer. I am running the visual in my head.
I have not lost a hooked fish on a river, that I can remember.
I think it is sometimes harder to get a GOOD hook set on a river fish if you are use to stillwater.
When they hit, I first pull the line with my stripping hand (left) and raise the rod tip in one moderately slow movement.
You do want the tip high on fighting, specially with barbless hooks. If they jump, I just try to follow them, or as you say drop the tip, but still try to keep SOME tension. Sometimes, I even try going to the side trying to steer them in the right direction.
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I have not lost a hooked fish on a river, that I can remember.
I think it is sometimes harder to get a GOOD hook set on a river fish if you are use to stillwater.
When they hit, I first pull the line with my stripping hand (left) and raise the rod tip in one moderately slow movement.
You do want the tip high on fighting, specially with barbless hooks. If they jump, I just try to follow them, or as you say drop the tip, but still try to keep SOME tension. Sometimes, I even try going to the side trying to steer them in the right direction.
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