Originally Posted By: Salmo g.
Echoing Parker here, you can't lose a fish on the sickle siwash Doc! Either you or Todd's got some 'splaining to do.


I stopped saying "can't lose a fish on a sickle" way back last August after dangling spoons over bazillions of pinks. Up til then, I could honestly say I'd never lost a fish on a sickle.

I guess sample size finally caught up with me.

I don't care what hook you use, if you don't get a purchase on enough tissue (or better yet bone) you risk the hook tearing out or coming unbuttoned. Anyone who thinks otherwise just isn't being intellectually honest.

Will I still use 'em? Yah-yoo-becha!

I'll just chalk up my three in a row to a case of incredibly bad luck. Wouldn't be the first time that's happened.

Maybe a better claim might be to say that if you get past those first 10 uncertain seconds after the strike, chances are damned good that fish is coming to hand.
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