It made a grown man cry!

[cassidyta]

I made it out to one of the lakes today. One of the freshly trout lakes at that. I was throwing a catch-22 trout with a few followers and no hits so I decided to downsize my leader. My main line was 25lbs andes and I attached a 1 foot leader of seaguar suffix 12 lbs. I used a 40 lbs barrel swivel to attach it. About 4 casts after downsizing I had a missive strike. This was a hit that shook the boat. I got a good hook set and let it run some drag. This fish was putting a hurting on my dobyn's swim bait rod.
Visions of a 15lbs + beast ran through my head when I suddenly fell backwards. I looked at my now slack rod and just shook my head. I reeled in the very light end to find only the top half of my barrel swivel attached to the main.
I sat down, smoked a cigerette, and cursed that fish.

I will go back tomorrow.