snakefiddler wrote:

might also have made a situation i had the other day easier. i hooked a
sunfish, problem was he all but swallowed the fly. it was a bitch to get
out, and i'm sure there was no way he survived. i couldn't do the merciful
thing and kill it and cook it because i was in a catch and release only
creek. sucked.

The best thing to do in such a case is to cut the fly off. You should
also carry hemostats for removing flies.

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