Wow! This thread caught my atttetion. I guess titled "52lb Steelhead", tends to do that. Yes, I read the article. Would I cry? It all depends on the circumstance of losing the trophy. I don't think I have ever hooked into a Steelhead nearly that large. High 20s possibly low 30lbs yes, but not 50 lbs. If I lose it on account of a gear failure or something I could have prevented than I'd be pissed. If I lose it because I ran out of room to follow it and couldn't catch up to it swimming, than you may come across me on the river bank as a shaken, incoherent, drooling, crying mess of a guy..... Like the time in the Optimist area of the EF Lewis in March when I set the hook into something of pure evil. I lost that fish over 2 miles downriver and over 2 hours later after it got dark as it broke me off on a bridge pilar....I damn near needed mental therapy.....to get back by next morning.....and ever since.....to try for a rematch.
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