Tap Strike

When you are fishing streamers across stream in rivers holding large browns you will often get a very fast “tap strike”. This is so fast there is no way you can set the hook even if you want to. But, this is often followed in one or two seconds by a powerful and jolting strike as a very large brown takes your streamer. Now is your time to set the hook with gusto with both your rod and line hand. I cannot count the number of large browns I caught this way.