This might be a dumb question to some of you, but I've only been fishing for 3 years now and this year I'm finally starting to catch fish, still have lots to learn though. I was throwing wigglers off the bank on the cowlitz this morning and hooked into what might have been my largest fish to this point, it was a very big fish and he started to take alot of line, I had to yard on him a little to keep him out of a log but once I got him within 20 yards or so he would'nt buge, I could'nt get him any closer, and after 10 minutes or so I lost him. I was useing a 8'6" GL2 medium action and it took all I could from breaking it. My question is how do you know if your yarding a fish in to hard, and if you have tension on the fish and he just wants to stay in one spot is that wearing him out, because it seems to me that he might be resting up, I don't know. What should I have done. Sorry so long winded, but would appreciate any help it really sucked looseing that fish.