I was buzzer fishing on my local reservoir (Penderyn) yesterday. The weather was terrible - high, blustery wind and very sunny. Nobody was having any luck. Suddenly I felt a tug on the line and I lifted into it. Jesus Christ! The thing on the end took off like a bonefish. Heading straight for the middle of the reservoir, it took all my fly line and 30 yards of backing before I started palm the reel to slow it down in case I ran out of backing. The thought crossed my mind that I had hooked a carp but I was sure that there were no carp in the reservoir so it must have been a monster rainbow or brownie.

It stayed out in the middle of the reservoir for a while, just sitting there while trying to shake the hook free then it suddenly turned and headed straight towards me like an express train. There was no way I could reel in fast enough to keep tension in the line so I started stripping line as fast as I could.

5 frantic minutes later and I finally got the fish to the net. It was a rainbow of just 2.5lb which I'd foul hooked in the tail. A bit of a dissapointment but it was great fun while it lasted. I was going to keep my first fish of the day but I just had to let it go after that, especially as it was foul hooked. I thanked it for all the excitement then it slid off into the water as if nothing had happened.

Apart from that I didn't have a pull all day.

Foul hooked or not, you wouldn't get a carp or barbel of the same weight pulling like that.

I have recently had some epic scraps with blue trout up to 5lbs. Where they get the energy from is mind blowing.

Blue Trout, brilliant fish, I love hooking into them, especailly on warmer days, Had a few take me to the backing on a few occasions during the same fight....

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Cool stuff

This may have something to do with the fact the fish couldn't feel pain in it's tail?
Where as when we hook them properly (lol ) they feel it when they struggle.....?

Maybe ?

Still, nice to have a fish do that. Not had it for a while

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Yep, as soon as I read the first paragraph, I was thinking foul hooked.

In the heat of the moment, tough, it's easy to let yourself think what if it's a monster? Usually, though, if it fights too well it's a foul hook or an oddball species. A buddy of mine thought he had the rainbow of the century after he battled one in a fast and shallow riffle. The think peeled off line like a bonefish, he thought he was screwed because he was using a #5 and just couldn't do anything to stop the fish from getting down into the next pool and beyond.

He finally fought it to submission and got a look at his world record rainbow. It was a smallmouth bass of about 4 pounds. Wow, didn't know there were any of those this far up.

Grouse

Strange you should say that because I was wondering if it was the other way round i.e. it took off like a rocket because it felt pain from the hook. But your theory makes sense to me as well. I don't know.

By the way, I should explain that it wasn't hooked in the tail fin itself but in the muscle near it.

It mysifies me why people regard Blues as harder fighting fish, they are the same species that simply carry a colour mutation...

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Don't think that is is anything to do with feeling pain in tail.
Reason that fish can generally fish harder when foul-hooked is because they can exert a straight pull against the line rather than having to fight against the side strain of being hooked in the gob.

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Yes they fight like troopers when they're foul hooked. You can't turn or control them. I had on the other evening, fish about 2 and half pound nipped the dropper and when I struck I hooked it in the dorsal fin with the point fly. Jeez what a struggle! It was coming in side on, then it just bolted time and time again.

Try a very miffed 20lb.8oz rainbow in the tail with a 14 gold head