I was fishing a streamer on the tippet, and a nymph on a dropper, a
rainbow took the streamer....

It appered to be lightly hooked in the lip, so I decided to unhook it
in the water for an easy release. As I was sliding my hand down the
tippet, reaching for the streamer hook shank, the fish made a lunge
that embedded the nymph firmly on the ball of my thumb....

I was stuck with a panicked rainbow on one hook, and myself on the
other, separated by about 2 feet of leader.

The fish wasn't big enough to break my 3X tippet.... I hads no choice,
I ripped the (barbed) hook out of my thumb. Then did a more
conventional realease after using the net.


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