Yep I got tail wiped by a fish this weekend. Went looking for some silvers but when I got to the river all I saw was chum’s. Knowing 10lb line was a little light for chum I decided to fish anyway. I saw a nice little spot right next to the bank that looked really good but there was one guy fishing there. I watched for a little and noticed he was fishing the middle of the river so I asked if he mined if I fish here next to the bank. Then he gave me one of those looks as if I’m stupid or something and said go get them and laughed at me. I made my first cast of about ten feet (just past the point where I couldn’t see bottom) my lead made one tick and it was fish on for me and my turn to laugh. I continued to catch four more chums in the next hour “what a blast”! Then I hooked into the fish that put an end to my day. At first I thought I foul hooked a log or something this thing was just going down river. Then it stopped and started shaking its head so bad that it left my arms shaking. This fish was crazy it was all over the river doing jumps and flips and giving everyone the fin. After 15 min this fish didn’t slow down at all. Then it went out to the heavy current and took off down river. I knew then it was all over for me. I tried a few different techniques trying to get this fish to turn nothing worked it just took all my line and then there was the big snap of my line breaking. This fish had the markings of a silver but was just too big to be a silver. All in all I had a blast.