Man I can remember my first one really well. Caught it in 96, on the Milwaukee river not that anyone cares about that but.... Being an ignorant 11yr old kid, I was a ripping maniac. I remember "fishing" for some spawning kings in some deeper water. Was using the classic egg sucking leech. After making numerous casts I finally hooked a king right in the back haha, proceeed to go 10 miles downstream and come off. Reel back up and very next cast my fly went past the redd and my rod just got buried. A bright steelie proceeded to do numerous cartwheels running all over the place. All the while my pants were filling with sh!t, not knowing what to do. Somehow managed to land it, after that it has been just down hill