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What do the tight-line boys say who lose so many of their fish during the leap? I didn't give him enough slack when he jumped! That is all very well to say, but I have yet to see the angler who is fast enough to lower his rod every time the fish jumps. Of course the tight-line expert has a good alibi which sounds foolproof when his knot parts. He was mine. I had him under perfect control until he leaped and came down smack on my line and broke it! With a slack line, of course, this excuse wouldn't be necessary, the fish, more than likely, would still be on. There is no gainsaying, a big fish can dislodge a heavy lure by shaking his head during his leapings. If the fish is lightly hooked, the swinging lure's momentum might pull the hook out. But with our light spinning tackle, that lure is seldom large enough or heavy enough to be torn out by the fish's head-shakings. Also, I'd like to point out that every time I've seen a hook dislodged it invariably came flying back toward the fellow holding the rod. Rather odd, isn't it? You'd think, just once, that the fish would hurl it to the other side. May I raise the slight doubt, even with a heavy lure, that the angler might have had something to do with dislodging that lure?
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