Although I have never personally done this, I have seen it twice in the last year - where someone hooked the eyelet of a swivel, that was attached to a leader, that was attached to a hook, that was stuck in a fishes face!

One was an Icicle Chinooky and the other a Salmon River brat steelie.

The second time I saw it happen, on the Salmon, the tribes person who caught the fish was all excited and was asking just about everybody if they'd ever seen such a thing. Without missing a step, I said "yes" and went back to fishing. He glared at me for a while - must have thought I was some smart-a** or something. Heh.

[ 04-21-2001: Message edited by: parker ]