I very often will photograph a fish's lie after I hook them. I think it helps me recognize what they look like.
A couple of weeks ago I had a couple of grabs from the upstream side of this sweeper "tunnel" that put the fish down. It was the only way through the sweeper to continue on my way fishing so I waded through. It was getting on in the day and after a half hour or so it was time to turn around and head back. I tried a sidearm cast to get below the branches into the tunnel that only got to about here but the lie was further in. The 2nd cast got to there.
Completing the cast with a raised rod tip out of the branches I was able get a good hookset and control this guy that had regained his appetite.
A couple of weeks ago I had a couple of grabs from the upstream side of this sweeper "tunnel" that put the fish down. It was the only way through the sweeper to continue on my way fishing so I waded through. It was getting on in the day and after a half hour or so it was time to turn around and head back. I tried a sidearm cast to get below the branches into the tunnel that only got to about here but the lie was further in. The 2nd cast got to there.
Completing the cast with a raised rod tip out of the branches I was able get a good hookset and control this guy that had regained his appetite.