when a bigun gets away after letting me see them I always claim it was my special quick release so they arn't harmed story. I was gonna release her anyway, always impresses those that don't know any better!
in my case i said exactly half a real bad word before i halted the slip ....
the guy standing there sort of smiled and i said sorry sir ....almost said it
told him i just really wanted to hold that particular fish for a few