My brother said something today that made sense: “every person I’ve ever fished with has a signature reaction when they hook a fish on the fly.”
My brother: Excitement and a “yea baby”. My wife: a sense of achievement and fulfillment “YESSSS”. Me: an arrogant, sort of, well of course facial expression with “Yep, I’m on.” . . . The Coleman’s apparently like variations on self-confirmatory phrases (yea, yes, and yep). Antonin (featured in this photo) has a much different reaction: Shock and disbelief followed by “oh oh oh oh”. This is just one of the many reasons I love fly fishing. I wonder what your hook set reaction is?
