Fluke are the trickiest fish.
Few weeks ago, I tied on a brand new jig and on the first cast set the hook on a solid fish, I won't say if it was a beast but it was between 5 and 10. Anyway, solid hookset, needle-sharp hooks, zero slack, felt the headshakes thumping...and all of a sudden, Gone.
Got my jig back, and there's nothing on the grub or the skirt, except on the jighead itself: a tiny mark where the paint got scraped off. IMO what happened was the fluke inhaled my jig (I set the hook immediately), and clamped down on the jighead, with the rest of the jig and gulp inside its mouth. After a few headshakes, she let go, and out comes my jig. I never hooked this fish despite fighting it for half a dozen cranks!
