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Fishing in British Columbia => Fishing Reports => Members' Fishing Reports => Topic started by: CohoMan on January 17, 2014, 04:53:16 PM

Title: Chilliwack River, January 17th 2014: 3 strikes and you are out!!!
Post by: CohoMan on January 17, 2014, 04:53:16 PM

Hi folks

The river is in perfect shape today.

The fish God gave me 3 chances to cash in but I wasted them all.

First drift, float went down and I set the hook- nothing!!! :(

Second drift, float went down and I set the hook- nothing!!!  :P

Third drift, float went down and I DID NOT set the hook thinking it was nothing.

Big chromer jumped and took off across the river and came off!!!!! :'( :'( :'( :'(

Why, why, why???

I saw another one hooked across the river but got off too.

Heard of a few here and there.

Title: Re: Chilliwack River, January 17th 2014: 3 strikes and you are out!!!
Post by: blaydRnr on January 17, 2014, 05:12:42 PM

can be a lot of things...bowed line, too big of bait presentation, bad hook positioning on bait/presentation, too large a float/hook, or just plain bad luck...frustrating regardless of reason, just one of those days i suppose.

Title: Re: Chilliwack River, January 17th 2014: 3 strikes and you are out!!!
Post by: norm_2 on January 17, 2014, 05:18:08 PM

Cohoman, thanks for an entertaining report.  Were you using roe?

Title: Re: Chilliwack River, January 17th 2014: 3 strikes and you are out!!!
Post by: CohoMan on January 17, 2014, 05:23:51 PM

I was definitely using roe. Tried roe bags but that run seems to work better on roe by itself.

Title: Re: Chilliwack River, January 17th 2014: 3 strikes and you are out!!!
Post by: sbc hris on January 17, 2014, 06:10:18 PM

I've played that game way too many times. Everything gets a hookset now.  8)

Title: Re: Chilliwack River, January 17th 2014: 3 strikes and you are out!!!
Post by: blaydRnr on January 17, 2014, 06:30:30 PM

Quote from: sbc hris on January 17, 2014, 06:10:18 PM

I've played that game way too many times. Everything gets a hookset now.  8)

as in ripppp...ripppp...ripppp  :o  ;D

please tell me it isn't so.

Title: Re: Chilliwack River, January 17th 2014: 3 strikes and you are out!!!
Post by: Every Day on January 17, 2014, 07:31:27 PM

I've had that happen on occasion, actually multiple occasions every season.
If I miss a fish multiple times, at some point I decide to let them chew on it (normally my magic number is 3 misses).
Pretty much count to 3 and a solid, hard hookset, hasn't failed yet.

This fish (from this year) came back 7 times before I finally got him, he was hitting super light though, barley moving the float:
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-c-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-frc3/t1/1465106_10151760720261612_1687615173_n.jpg)

Title: Re: Chilliwack River, January 17th 2014: 3 strikes and you are out!!!
Post by: silver ghost on January 17, 2014, 07:37:03 PM

Nice photo, fish looks good

Title: Re: Chilliwack River, January 17th 2014: 3 strikes and you are out!!!
Post by: sbc hris on January 18, 2014, 02:22:21 PM

Quote from: blaydRnr on January 17, 2014, 06:30:30 PM

as in ripppp...ripppp...ripppp  :o  ;D

please tell me it isn't so.

Lol no, just one firm one every time the float does anything suspicious.

Title: Re: Chilliwack River, January 17th 2014: 3 strikes and you are out!!!
Post by: blaydRnr on January 19, 2014, 12:11:04 AM

Quote from: sbc hris on January 18, 2014, 02:22:21 PM

Lol no, just one firm one every time the float does anything suspicious.

LOL...didn't think so, just me trying to be funny  ;D