I was the same way but alas, time on the water changed that for me. Then I started getting bit and would miss fish or they'd come unbuttoned. Then I started hitting the fish as hard as I could when they bit, magically they wouldn't come unpinned. It's all that time on the water that's helped me improve my huddleston game. Note that my experience come from the six inch hudd not the 8 inch deluxe.