Started out fishing by Highway 18 at about 11am. First cast fish on, came unbuttoned and weight flew back at me hitting my thumb, painful. 2nd cast same thing, except this time a 1" pencil lead made contact with my head. About 2 hours and 50 pinks later I break my pole. The 2nd pole in 3 weeks, no good. Decided to go to Auburn and look for the silvers. Armed with my trout pole, and a hand tied jig, I was ready. Hook into 5 pinks and just before dark, a nice little 6lb chrome hen falls for my jig. Got off to a rough start, but I can fix the pole, my head and thumb are doing fine, and I was able to make my jig work. So not too bad a day