Fishing the currents in front of Harford's camp on the Rapid, I hooked a yellow
fly line. I pulled on the upstream end and got a little bit of line and then
backing. After about 10 feet of backing, it snagged and I couldn't get it off.
I imagine there was a reel stuck between some rocks, but I couldn't get it.
I brought the line in with a figure 8 retrieve on my right hand. Got all of it
plus about 10 feet of hand tied leader. No fly, no reel, but I did remove a
mess from that river.
Dave

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