If the fish is missed, keep reeling slowly. Trout will often return for another look and a more vicious follow-up strike. When a fish is hooked, it's important to keep constant pressure on the line to cut down on the possibility of the fish throwing the hook. Keep your line and rod tip near the water to minimize the chances of the trout becoming airborne. This creates a lot of surface tension between the line and water which makes it harder for the trout to leap with both the weight of the bubble and the wet line.
Landing Use a net or beach-land the trout.
The leader is long and often tempts a novice to grab the line. The fighting fish is fighting the tension and action of the pole. If the line is grabbed, the spring action ends and the fish fights only the strength of the line. Nine times out of ten, the leader will snap. Play and tire the fish out, then land or net the trout.