It's okay cj, good job at least hookin up! Light can be okay and sometime needed depending where you are and what time of day it is. I was in my own water from 0 dark 30...running my 10'6" 8-17 with 8 lb leader.

It'll take time to learn all the broken cogs in the Washington fishing machine, and it'll take us till we are old to see results (if we start work now)..best you can do is read and try to understand as much as you can with scientific data and work from truely accurate sources...and then try to pass it on to as many receptive people as you can to change their outlook too