riverman wrote:
"Gene Cottrell" wrote in
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Larry,

I agree with most of your rules except for the "landed" category. I
count it as caught if I get my hand on any part of the leader or
fish. I justify
this by figuring that I was going to release it anyway, the last
fish I kept
was in September 1980. It really doesn't matter though, since I
don't keep a
log anymore. I enjoyed your e-mail and am sure your stats will
improve over
time :-)


Hmm, personally I don't count a fish as landed until I have it in my
hand, with complete control over it. The hardest part (aside from
getting it to take the fly) is to get it from your feet to your hand,
with the hook out. Grabbing the leader and having it break off (or
having the fish spit it out) is equivalent in my mind to pulling the
hook out of his mouth while setting it.
Of course, YMMV

I count it as landed if it gets within rod-length. Otherwise, my stats
REALLY stink! ;-)
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TL,
Tim
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