I encountered my best-fighting fish about 20 years ago on the Hoh river. I hooked a 6-7 lb. native summer-run hen on a single Anise-scented Luhr-Jensen rubber egg. When I finally landed her I was a babbling fool with a dime-sized blister on my thumb. That was by far the baddest fish I ever hooked, especially when you consider her lack of size. If you hooked a 20 lb'er with an attitude like that, you wouldn't stand a chance. I still remember that fight like it was yesterday.........and I'm always hoping for another fish with an attitude like that.