Powell 4/30-5/3

[Paddler]

With a fish still attached it might have been pulled away from where it went in, how deep was it where  it went overboard?

I’m sure it did get pulled some distance before it got hung up.
I tried to grab it with net and had it for a split second but could not get reel handle to snag in net.
Very clear water, I watched it slide off slope in about 8’ FOW to the inky darkness of appx. 32’ FOW.
I was towards back of Forgotten.
Sadly, I think we will witness Powell go down at least another 50’ in the next decade.
Enough people go to extreme end of Forgotten to go to the ruins that my pole will be found.
A few years ago I found a camera in Forgotten while hiking to the ruins that had been dropped in a decade before.
And a handful of sunglasses.

I lost a nice rod and reel setup to a tuna a few years ago, a single speed Daiwa SLD30 on a Calstar 6'6" rod.  I was holding one hooked up rod in my left hand when the other rod went off.  Thinking I needed to slow down the second fish I reached over to the drag lever to increase the drag.  All went well until the Scotty rodholder gave way.  Snapped right off.  I watched helplessly as the rod headed for the bottom, which was 5000' down.  

Cost me a lot of money, too, as the reel had been discontinued.  So, liking symmetry I had to buy two Shimano Tiagra 30Ws plus a new Calstar.  Ouch.  Losing things overboard can be costly.  Ask me about the Islander MR3 that slipped out of my hand with a hot coho on the other end.