Dec 27th 1970, I got a spinning reel/pole combination for Christmas. I had no idea how to set the drag or steelhead fish. I bought a license for the last 3 days of the year. I talked with a friend about my plans to catch a steelhead. He told me to tie a pink spin glow on a three way swivel and a plunking weight on the other end. He told me to go to the river and throw it in the water and wait. I drove out to Johns rv and went 12 miles up river to an area that is about 15 feet across. I tossed the spin glow in the water and went to place the pole in the crouch of a small tree. My pole started to bounce up and down and line went off the reel. I had just hook and landed my first steelhead on my first cast. I threw the rig back in the water and the same thing happened except this time the fish took all of my line because I didn't know how to set and use the drag. I was very lucky the first cast because the fish did not take off. I was so new at this that two other fishermen saw my fish and offered to clean it if they could have the eggs. I told them they could have the eggs because I did know what to do with them !

This this a TRUE story.