07-22-2009, 02:25 AM
Thanks guys for the kind words. I am heading back up Thursday for the weekend. (Hint, Hint) I will have to see if I can remember to try putting the tip down when a fish runs. You guys are right that it is against every thing I have learned. I did learn tho that after hooking a salmon and setting the hook good to turn my rod side ways(horizontal) pointing towards the bank with the tip down some what and that seemed to help get them out of the current quite a bit faster. If not, they will just sit there in the current and you can not budge them. If you do this to fast tho, they seem to actually run to the bank and then straight at you headed up river. I had three do that to me. They will also run for the nearest cover which in my case was a downed tree on the edge of the river about 5' out. Had 2 run into that tree, but saved them both. Quite bizare.
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