This may not be what you thought it was.. I the spirit of some new discussion, really, the purpose of this thread is to identify an instance that cost me a certain hook up and taught me a lesson I hope will help you from dealing with the same instance.

While fishing the Three Lakes WMT last year, we had already lost a good fish in the first half-hour, seen a couple window shoppers that weren't buyin' and were desperate for a hook up. It was the afternoon of the first day of the two-day event and that mid-day lull was definitely starting to wear us down. I fired a bomb over a rocky flat and started burning those blades as speed was the name of the game that day. From a long way out I saw a fish hot on the trail and spoke up to my partner so he'd be prepared if things went positive. As the fish neared the boat, due to the angle I had casted, which was ahead of the boat, I intended to dive the bait down a little as it neared and come past my feet, out and around. Well, I didn't adjust my feet properly for the manuver and had to tuck the rod into my torso slightly as I brought the bait past m feet. Long story short, I was still reeling as I did this and my handle got caught up in my shirt and ultimately disengaged the retrieve, stopping the bait too far out to make a perfect presentation of my 8... I recovered quickly and did my best to get back in the game but that fish was on to me. She followed it around a couple times but all the energy she had coming in hot tempered down to a luke warm interest and eventually she dissapeared for good.

To avoid this, I now conciously tend to wear more taylored shirts. Not to say I look like Enrique Iglesias every time out, but I definitely think about it now. I was wearing a button down tournament shirt that day with sponsor embroidery... What I leared was there is nothing wrong with changing shirts before picture time Hoodies or T-shirts are fine... Anything that doesn't bag out from your gut when you lean forward.

Anyone ever had this trouble before?