First cast

Yesterday the rain finally started.  The rain is a love hate relationship for me.  Love it for bringing the fish in, hate it for having to work in it.  Got off later than expected from work and on the way home was tossing the idea of stopping to get a new 4wt line for my new fly rod, or stopping to toss for some steelhead.  I stopped at the river, half hour after sunset.  20 min to fish is enough for me so I rigged up quickly.  I had gone coastal the day before and left my pliers at home, so I improvised a drift fishing rig.  Got down the slippery rocks to the river, put some ainse on the drift for good luck, and cast.  Plan was to start close and work across the run.  Not to be...drift started feeling funny and I picked up the rod tip to clear the rock.  Only it wasn't a rock and it pulled back.  Set the hook and it was fish on.  Landed this, what I think is a summer, in the dark, on slippery rocks, in the rain.  I love it and hate it.

Now the river is rising, and might get close to bank full, so I'll tie some gear up and wait for it to crest.  Then I'll go see if I can find another.