Forceps Tip
There is a little thing I started doing once I began fishing small mountain Rio's. It has to do with my forceps, besides removing a hook with it. After I land a trout, there are times I need three hands to secure my rod, remove the hook, and quickly release the trout. I've always preferred using forceps to remove a hook from a trout lying in the bottom of the net. The less I handle a trout the better it is for him...even better if I don't touch him at all. Usually, I attach the forceps back on my shirt pocket after removing the hook. When chaos is happening, I often drop them at my feet to focus on getting the fish back into the water. Yeah, I'll sometimes forget I dropped them after removing the hook...then after releasing the trout with a tip of the net, I'll start walking up the stream before remembering, "Mike, you dropped your forceps back at that last trout catch!" Of course I would go back to look for them, but I didn't always find this essent...
