Dear Everybody in the forum.
I am a Japanese trout angler and have been reading a trout fishing guidebook of NZ.
The book, "Serious about Trout Fishing", was written by Mr Tony Orman and Mr John Morton.
In this book, I found a difficult expression such as "the hook bit home". The whole paragraph is
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The Bivisible landed upstream, the point of the line behind the fish. Aha, perfect! I was seeking confidence and calmness. The big leisurely and lazy lift, the slowly opening mouth, and the dry fly was gone. In a long couple of seconds, the trout was turning down to its lie. It was like a slow-motion movie sequence. I tightened, the hook bit home and the trout was suddenly in the flow, going, going downstream, while with rod high and reel protesting, I followed.
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I googled the phrase, then found many same words in various fishing articles. So I guess this is a common, popular expression among fishermen/women.
I imagine the meaning of "the hook bit home" is that the hook penetrated the trout's jaw firmly.
Is my understanding right?
If somebody gave me an advice, I will really appreciate.
GO-Ito from Japan.