My first salmon

I caught my first salmon when I was 10...I think.
It was a half cloudy late June day. I had already been fishing for couple of hours on my home rapid Mantokoski in Utsjoki river. Then I felt a strong pull on the line and my heart rate must have jumped to 200. I realized right away that this wasn't a grayling or perch (the only fishes I had ever caught before that). I got the fish pretty close to me when the cover of the closed reel got off and the line started running as the fish started swimming away from me. I grabbed the cover and quickly attached it back. I didn't loose the salmon, it was still there.
After a while I was again preparing to "land" the salmon but then the crank of the reel was detached. Unbelievable! Luckily I was able to attach the crank and continue reeling the salmon in.
In the end I dragged the salmon up from the river and knocked it out with a stone. I was soooo happy, the smile definetly was from ear to ear. I immediately packed everything and almost ran back home. I was very proud to show my first salmon to my parents. The fish weight was 1,2 kg. That remained to be my record for many years.