God, this reminds me of when I had the snip a long time ago now. Fished a Whitley bay club match the next day in west bay with a big sea running, using a Scarborough rod and real, went down for a "bite",..... struck, and, oooooooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!! stopped in me tracks, missed the fish and went home very carefully:red::red: