On Mar 27, 6:57 pm, "Peter A. Collin"
wrote:
Your story reminds me of a trip I made to Quebec several years ago for
trophy brook trout. I was using streamers with large hooks, and kept
losing fish like you - the hook just kept pulling out. It was
exasperating and I never figured out what I was doing wrong.

Peter Collin

Nice to commiserate; I feel your pain. ;-)

I'm not very acquainted with big fish, so I'd like to hear from some
of the better catchers about the difference in setting the hook for a
big fish vs a smaller one. Do their beaks get much more bony and tough
as they get larger? How hard to folks set the hook if they are in a
region with 5+ pounders?

--riverman