Trout priest?

I never saw much use for a priest until my first trip to Alaska. If you
don't clobber a King or Silver salmon it will manage to flop back into the
water, no matter how far you drag it up the bank. Whenever you landed a
keeper you'd holler, "trunk monkey up", and whoever was closest to the
priest would grab it and do the dirty work. (Alaskan priest = 1" pipe filled
with lead, about 12" long)