Along one bank I had eight fish strike on twice as many casts.
Use wood sturdy enough to handle a fish strike.
You can also expect to have more than one fish strike at a time.
Then a fish struck their line.
When the next fish struck, I stripped in line, looking as if I were shimmying up a pole.
Three casts later, a fish struck my fly, and when I tightened the line, I was surprised at its size.
You have about one-fiftieth of a second to react, I'm told, when the fish strikes, which sounds impossible.
But on those rare occasions that a fish strikes my line and pulls hard, I do tap into that innate thrill that underlies fishing's enduring appeal.
And when a fish struck, we felt its ferocity and energy as it rolled on its side and lurched like a silver bullet.
In inland trolling, the rod is held at a right angle to the motion of the boat to take advantage of the rod's resilience when a fish strikes.
Some suggested that when the client fish strikes its "come-hither" pose, with an open mouth or flaring gills, it doubles as an assurance that the client isn't looking for a meal, just a good nit-picking.
