I've done something almost as crazy. I tied on a spinner bait, cut the tag end and then threw the spinner bait over the side of the boat. Raised my rod to start fishing and no spinner bait on the line. I had cut the main line, not the tag end and then threw the spinner bait overboard. So now I cut the tag end and leave the bait inside the boat just in case my eye sight plays tricks on me again, as to which line I cut......