what fish have you caught that put up the best fight?

[gstott]

Those are some good looking fish. I caught a 20"
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and a 22" bow
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on a 4wt in a river a few weeks back that both put up great fights. The 20" ran me right into my backing almost immediately, the 22" didn't but leaped in spectacular fashion and ran me up and down the run for about 10 minutes.

Other contenders would be the 26" walleye I caught on the fly,
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a river dwelling carp I caught on a 3wt, every bluefish I ever caught, a few incidental tiger musky I caught on a light action rod while fishing for bass,
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or any of the smallies over 16" that I've caught.
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It's hard to pick just one really.
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