I would have to agree on the ones that got away are the most exciting. I just love to wonder how big some of the fish are that hand me my arse. I had one today that dropped my float and when I set the hook it shot at me, did a 360 degree swirl, jumped about 4 feet in the air and left me with half of my leader. The fish was dime bright and by the looks of it was in the high teens, a brute for my neck of the woods. Not to mention I snapped my favorite float rod today on the hookset of another hot fish. :rolleyes:

This brown that I landed on holloween of 03 was a very memorable fish as well. I had the fish grab my roe bag 3 times in 3 casts before I got the hook into him good. I had 5lb flourocarbon leader and a size 14 hook. The fish was over 20lbs for sure and had the most beautiful spots of any brown that I have seen to this day, it was a pretty sweet site to watch that one swim away.