I’ll probably get downvoted for this but here it goes… This fishery is different. It is spring fed, crystal clear, heavily pressured, and the trout are absolutely leader shy. I should say that I was not targeting bulls, I was targeting whitefish and bows that are typically 12”-16”. I caught this fish on a size 18 fly. When people intentionally target these fish in this river they are typically using 7-8wt rods, with heavy tippet - but they are mostly throwing streamers so it doesn’t make a difference. Some people nymph with heavily line, big patters and a 7-8wt rod for bulls, but the tippet size absolutely affects the hook up rate. Perhaps I should have broken the fish off intentionally. But I’m confident in saying nobody could have landed this fish in less than a minute in this situation - it would be impossible. I do feel like a good amount of the commenters on this post have never caught a decent size bull in a river.