[VFB] Fighting Big Fish

[Eric Meredith]

I just recently read parts of a flyfishing book.  It went into detail on 
fightering bigger (trophy) fish and some different methods.  When you are a 
beginner what you always hear is "keep the rod tip up".  You are told to 
have the rod straight up as much as possible.  However this book says that 
you should hold your rod at a 45 degree angle to maximuze the amount of 
pressure on the fish and this angle allows you to use more of the rod 
instead of just having the tip bent.  I tried this during my fishing trip to 
Yellowstone this last weekend and didn't notice any major differences.  
However I do have a couple concerns.  Wouldn't putting your rod at a 45 
degree angle put a little more stress on the line???  Or would using the 
whole rod at that angle actually help?  I'm really interested in any methods 
people have when fighting bigger fish.  Just trying to catch as many the 
fish I actually hook that I can.

Eric Mereidth
http://fishparadise.tripod.com
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