I caught my first one today, shortnose, that was about 22". here are some pictures:

my uncle yelled at me: "quit being a b**** and grab the d*** thing!!"


and so I did:


it was tons of fun, but I felt a little under armed with a four weight, but traveling to florida, I had to choose a rod that would be fun and I could still cast bigger flies with it. When I get home to Ohio, I am gonna have to search the rivers better for gar! they put up a heck of a fight!