Was the first Fish I caught on a Fly Rod attempting Suicide

I was standing on the river bank, untangling my fly line, that had hit a tree behind me and had become one big birds nest. My nymph had sunk into the shallow part of the river's pool. I had only been fly fishing for a couple of weeks and had not yet learned the finer points of fly fishing, such that the roll cast would have been a more appropriate cast for fishing the river. I spent 10 minutes untangling my line, I then started to reel in the slack when I felt the line go taunt and low and behold a nice 17 inch rainbow was heading in the opposite direction. I had made several horrible mistakes but I still landed the fish. Other than my cast which was a total disaster, I had virtually dragged the fish onto the bank before the leader broke. Fly fishing leader is a very delicate fishing line and if you do not play the fish properly, they will easily break the line. I have learned this over the years with experience. I am also quite good with the roll cast now. These are things that you learn over the years.
People will ask me - "It looks like alot of work, why do you fly fish?" I usually say "Cuz, it is a gas!" When you hook a small panfish on a flyrod, you would swear that you have caught Moby Dick. There is no greater feeling of satisfaction than watching a fish grab a dry fly that you have tied.
In Cobleskill, NY there is a reservoir where the SUNY students stock several hundred tiger trout in the spring. These tiger trout are quite aggressive and are very active game fish. There was one occasion when I was on a pier and I was checking the action of a wooly worm that I had tied. There were some small panfish following it, when out of the depths came a large form, my wooly worm was viciously attacked, and down into the depths the dark form went. He was a very active fish and broke the water several times. I had only a 2 lb leader on was very concerned about landing the fish, so I led him along the pier, about 30' to the bank to land him. I love catching these tiger trout, I think for fighting they are just tad more friskier than the rainbow trout.
No matter where or when I am going fishing I will always take a fly rod, except for Ice fishing. I love fly fishing and get a kick out of it. If you enjoy fly fishing visit my Fly Fishing Store