I was fishing Swofford pond a few years ago in my little miniature bass boat.
Fished ALL day without a bump and no one else on the lake was doing any good either.

So I'm trolling a Rapala along the weed lines, get down near the boat launch and say "scr*w this I'm goin home"

Pick up my pole with my "brand new Ultra Thin line" on it and start reeling like a mad man to get it back to the boat. I probly made about 3 cranks on the reel and BAM fish on.

Instantly starts peeling line, gets to the bottom and stops, lift my pole up a little, and the battle was on again. It comes up to the top rolling and thrashing, Looked to be about a 6 pound trout.

Well this process of peeling line and stopping and then lifting the rod and battling was repeated about 5 or 6 times.

Finally it heads to the bottom and stops, I barely lift up on the rod and SNAP, dang line snapped on me. I'm instantly p*ssed off at the world and start pounding the water with my rod, swearing up a storm, Finally I look up and realize everyone on that end of the lake had been watching this fish thrashing around on top of the water and now they were watching me thrashing the top of the water.

Threw my pole in the bottom of the boat, kicked the motor on the highest speed and boogied to the launch.

Went home, stripped the line off that pole and another one I had. Whenever I see an Ultra Thin mono line in the store now I remember seeing that fish thrashing on top of the water.