What a great thread you guys! It's not every day that everyone can learn so much about the fish we love to pursue. Aggressive wild Salmonids are such a treasure that we should all respect. My own experience with such a fish came several years ago on the mighty Kenai. We were bouncing the middle stretch when my rod was almost ripped out of my hands. After a 15 minute battle a chrome King of forty pounds was along side the boat. We reached over to release him and noticed a Sockeye fly stuck in his jaw, next to that was a huge Kwickfish and next to that was my bobber!! That's what I call an aggressive fish.

Tight lines all(well, when the flooding stops!)