I suggest you goto, Bi-mart, or Dicks get the proper tag and choose a nice medium action 8' salmon rod and a spinning reel with 12 lb test. If you just starting don't go expensive, it can take a long time to catch your first salmon, but sometimes you get lucky. If your lucky, buy better gear.
Walk on their backs, no, those days are no longer here. They come in massive numbers, move through and are gone. You have to be there when they are, that's the trick.
Good luck