Another bad thing that can happen, if you pull back too hard the force of the stretching can cause the rod to pop out of your hand and dive right for the bottom of the river...happened to a guy on the nooch a few weeks ago while I was watching. Also happened to me once awhile back, never again, I'll just break them off...

My father in law will spend a half a day in front of a gnarly log jam, leaning half-way out of the boat trying to get a $2.50 plug that he found in the river anyway, a very annoying habit...

He has more types of 'gear grabbers' than he does sizes of Quikfish....