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Look for the Hook Behind the Bait! On an idyllic afternoon a young rainbow brook trout glides effortlessly through the crystal clear river in Gatlinburg when in the periphery of its vision the fish spots something on the surface of the water. The spot dances, hypnotically, moving somewhat independently of the water's flow and the trout's instincts take over. With amazing speed and barely making a ripple the fish darts toward the target, deftly takes it down in his mouth, and heads back toward the safer depths below. Before he can even get what he thought surely was a tasty fly swallowed it becomes clear that something is terribly wrong as he feels the hook set in his jaw. The line (which he NEVER saw until now) goes taut and he is pulled by something he still can't see back toward the surface. Even in the small brain of this beautiful fish the alarms are now screaming as a fight to the death has begun. As the now thoroughly hooked fish struggles to get off the hook the barb...

Look for the Hook Behind the Bait! On an idyllic afternoon a young rainbow brook trout glides effortlessly through the crystal clear river in Gatlinburg when in the periphery of its vision the fish spots something on the surface of the water. The spot dances, hypnotically, moving somewhat independently of the water's flow and the trout's instincts take over. With amazing speed and barely making a ripple the fish darts toward the target, deftly takes it down in his mouth, and heads back toward the safer depths below. Before he can even get what he thought surely was a tasty fly swallowed it becomes clear that something is terribly wrong as he feels the hook set in his jaw. The line (which he NEVER saw until now) goes taut and he is pulled by something he still can't see back toward the surface. Even in the small brain of this beautiful fish the alarms are now screaming as a fight to the death has begun. As the now thoroughly hooked fish struggles to get off the hook the barb...