Mid 80's I moved here from New England. Always used a Mitchell 300 spinning reel for bass, trout, pickerel etc. Older brother and his friends were die-hard fishermen. Back in those days you were an embarrassment if you used a spinning reel. A Cracker.

Fished the Skagit with one of the Johnson brothers as a guide. My brother put me in the back of the boat out of their way, set me up with a bait caster & Sammy Special and told me to cast close to the bank as we Boondoggled the holes. When I wasn't pulling out Birds Nests I was
out fishing them hooking numerous fish. I was hooked.