I was fly fishing the Salmon River in Idaho using a wooley bugger with a bead head prince nymph dropper. I had a strike, played the rainbow trout and got ready to release it. To my surprise my prince nymph was hooked to the loop of a snelled hook which was in the trout and not the trout itself! What are the odds?
Years ago I had a similar thing happen fishing for trout in the Manasquan River. My baited hook became hooked on the loop of a snelled hook which was in a trout. I thought that was a once in a lifetime occurrence. Obviously, it can happen more than once!
I would suggest that if you have a fish hooked deeply, it's not bleeding and you wish to release it, clip off as much of the snell or leader as is possible and then release the fish.
One in a million hook up
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Re: One in a million hook up
Ray, it is possible that all such imperiled piscium are drawn to you for relief. Fishing is a spiritual activity of course.
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Re: One in a million hook up
I guess that would make it 2 in a million.
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