Smart trout......

[Bambooflyguy]

Ok, I’m getting older and less brain cells but.....I’ve been encountering smarter trout! I don’t know how many times I’m playing a fish then they’re gone, I think either broke off or “spit the hook” but nooo, I have no fly with a unbroken loop!?! It’s happened on dries and wet flies.
All I can figure is that these fish were home schooled during Covid......can’t be me. And yes, the hook eye is closed.

 

[Chadk]

How old is your tippet? Do you do a quick test now and then to ensure it doesn't break easily with a few quick jerks?

 

[Bambooflyguy]

The tippet is good....it’s not breaking, the loop knot is still intact......the only quick jerks are the fish!!

 

[Vagabond]

Have you changed tippet brands recently?
Have you tried a different knot application?
Over the years I’ve found that not all tippet brands are consistent in their knot “set-ability”
Have you been on social media lately stating what great days of fishing you’ve had?
Inquiring fish want to know!

 

[Bambooflyguy]

After 56+ years of fly fishing.....I’m baffled! But I guess the fish have to win sometime......I’d really like to count that fish in the positive column....because it’s still hooked but unfortunately not on my line anymore.

 

[Vagabond]

Face it…….they caught up with you and it’s payback time.

 

[Tim L]

I think I know what you're refering to, Steve. They make a pill for that.

 

[FishyJere]

They are getting faster too. The bobber goes down and there is nothing there...
It didn't used to be this bad.

 

[Tom Butler]

I have no fly with a unbroken loop!?! It’s happened on dries and wet flies.

If I get you correctly, I've done that, sort of. Thought I threaded the hook eye on a muddler, tied a nice knot, pulled to test and the loop just slipped out of the deer hair somehow. Dumb fisherman.

 

[Scott Salzer]

As you get older, the trout get smarter and you get slower.
Is Crown involved?

 

[Bambooflyguy]

As you get older, the trout get smarter and you get slower.
Is Crown involved?

Of course Crown is involved Scott! But that just makes me happier......

 

[Zak]

New hooks that aren't quite closed at the eye, maybe?

 

[Buzzy]

Stop tying the loop knot to the bend of the hook, thread the tippet through the eye of the hook

 

[nwbobber]

If you ever catch one of these trout, keep it alive. It is worth a fortune. It is a MAGIC TROUT! Able to pass a line through SOLID STEEL WIRE! You'll be famous!

 

[FishyJere]

No Crown. Last year I was old and slow, this year I am older and slower. I can only imagine what may happen next year...