I was fishing the Tolt one summer and when I cast my spinner into the river it went too far and hooked it self up on the other side. Well I tried every thing that I could to get it loose, but nothing worked. So I did the level your rod thing and pulled. Well what do you know, the line didn't break but the lure came right back at me and it got stuck in my belly. I tried to back it out but it was passed the barbs. I was with two other guys and my pick-up. I laid in the back and I had to get a doctor to remove the hook. What made me mad was that the docter cut my favorite tee shirt. The line was only 4 lb test. And after I broke a rod this winter I now just cut it loose. Jim S.