And so began your long, downward spiral into steelhead addiction! Nice fish at any time in the history of the Russian, they just don't get much bigger than that!!! Caught my first steelhead when I was seven out behind Fitch Mountain. I had an old (even then) A.B.U. Garcia 2600, and actually, I still have that reel. NO drag except for the thumb - pretty much prepared me for life!