Help me understand the physics of an interesting hookup incident

[PV_Premier]

Friday, I was out doing some trout spey and was fishing from the river left bank, swinging my fly from the center of the stream back toward the bank. I ended up snagging a fish, which in and of itself was odd, but when I got it up to me I noticed I had snagged it on the right side of its body, below the dorsal fin. Since my fly would have been swinging towards the fish’s left side of its body as it faced upstream in the current, I cannot fathom how I ended up snagging it this way. Any ideas would be welcomed.

[Mark Kranhold]

Could it have followed your fly ready to eat and then got spooked last minute and turned on the fly?

[PV_Premier]

I guess, but it would’ve had to turn under the leader, which of course was tight to the rod. I was also swinging quite close to the bottom in fairly shallow water...using a 5ips leader and a cone head fly in 3-5’ of depth.

[Carl Blackledge]

Friday, I was out doing some trout spey and was fishing from the river left bank, swinging my fly from the center of the stream back toward the bank. I ended up snagging a fish, which in and of itself was odd, but when I got it up to me I noticed I had snagged it on the right side of its body, below the dorsal fin. Since my fly would have been swinging towards the fish’s left side of its body as it faced upstream in the current, I cannot fathom how I ended up snagging it this way. Any ideas would be welcomed.

PV-Sometimes you just accidentally "snag" a fish and there might not be a reasonable answer to us humans

Carl Blackledge

[Brian Clemens]

I've had it happen to me several times as well, hooked right side pectoral fin area when swing river left, and left side when swinging river right. I think there are a few possible scenarios 1) I feel that the fish physically misses your fly as he comes to eat it, turns on it and takes off, turn and burn, but totally misses it and gets hook in the pectoral fun area. Especially when they are super grabby, 2) the fly hits some type of funky water and at the last second before the grab the fly undulates making the fish miss your fly and then gets hooked in the pectoral fin, kinda like how a fish misses your skater as its moving across the surface. The fly is still moving and they miss their target due to the current 3) the fish comes up to side swipe it to knock it out, all the while hooking itself in the pectoral fin area, 4) lastly sometimes you can't explain the unexplainable and crap happens.

[Carl Blackledge]

Brian,

With all due respect to your theory. I can't remember the last time I was eating and missed my mouth..LOL

Carl Blackledge

[mike borba]

"the physics of and interesting hookup incident"...well when a man loves a woman... ask your parents!

[PV_Premier]

"the physics of and interesting hookup incident"...well when a man loves a woman... ask your parents!

Now that’s funny

[Brian Clemens]

Brian,

With all due respect to your theory. I can't remember the last time I was eating and missed my mouth..LOL

Carl Blackledge

You are comparing apples to watermelons. Hahaha
All I can say is this, how can one fish grab my flys several times while swinging across the river and not get stuck. How can 1 fish grab my fly on the dangle, I feel the weight of the fish and as I bring the rod up to start fighting the fish, how does it pop off. I know I'm not the only one.

[Mark Kranhold]

I hate those dangle takes, low percentage landing ratio on those. IMO