Worst on stream gear loss?

[jcstikfish]

Another fun question in the same vein as skipper's thread on worst item you left at home.

What is the worst (most valuable/sentimental/hardest to replace) loss you have every had on stream? What has hopped out of you vest/pack that you simply couldn't recover?

Every watch a foam fly box go floating down stream and not be able to retrieve it? I have.

Ever have a spool/reel come off of a reel seat? Yup, been there!

Every release a big fish only to turn around and wonder where your net went? Wait, there it is, 30 yards downstream! Shit.

Whats a better scenario? Drop something that sinks, or drop something that floats?


~James

 

[bkill]

Did you ever open your dry fly box and 100+ flies fall into the water and drift perfectly through the pool without a hit..?
Have you ever had your wading boot come off while wading across deep heavy pocket water never to be found again?
Have you ever double hauled your rod tip into river?
Have you ever had a clients backcast catch your new Smith Sunglasses and watch them hurl across a river?
Or have you ever watched your friend drop his drift boat anchor into a deep pool only to be followed by the end of the rope?

 

[coolkyle]

Things of mine that ended up on the river's lost and found (hopefully the ocean): 2 fly boxes, 1 net, 1 glove, 1 hat, polarized sunglasses, thermometer, 3 tippet spools, forceps, nippers, zinger, fresh pack of foam indicators, fresh pack of Marlboro Lights, fresh container of Dinsmores lead-free split shot, 1 Miller Lite (tide came up and stole this one on a coastal stream, I don't litter).

 

[skipper3245]

I have lost countless forceps, but never a fly box. Funny story while we are on this topic. Today in the bozeman chronicle the lost and found section had this posted. "Lost big fish on #4 hook. Fish is probably attached to 40 yards of white fly line and braided leader. If found please call me, I want to know how big he was".

 

[Simms]

On my Fin-Nor anti reverse the center screw to my drag while fighting a chrome dome on Columbus Day popped off and away my drag went...After 10 minutes of "hand over handing" my fly line and ALL my backing until it got to the end (thank god the knot held) it was a quick trip to napa and I was back in business...

I have never really lost anything of value. But, a little side story. Was fishing the Grand Caynon of Pennsyltucky two years ago and I dropped my fly box in the river unknowingly, about 500 yards upstream of where our cabin was...So, totally bummed out when I realized this happened and completely OUT of hoppers now, I walked back to the cabin, searching the ground/river for my lost fly box while my buddies slammed the bronze backs...Well, bud heavy did not curb the anquish I was feeling that night. So, the next morning, i got up early, tied up some half-ass hoppers and away we went. Right outside our cabin, was the river, and a man made dam stretching the width of the river with a small opening in it for the "yackers"... Well, I see this black box ever so slightly sitting on a rock on part of the dam...I walk over, and LOW AND BEHOLD< it was my FLY BOX!!!! :smiley-sniffer: As I walked over, it dislodged itself from the rock...I quickly grabbed it.. For the rest of that trip I exited the river everytime I needed to tie on.

 

[leadhead]

I lost my license somehow but it was dropped off at the local PD. And I "lost" a 4wt Redington to and angry goose on the Musky this spring.

 

[Trouser Trout]

I've never lost much other than a few flies which I dropped before tying. I have lost my pride a few times as well......

 

[jcstikfish]

How did I forget this story.

A couple years ago, up on the Salmon, I took my prescription sunglasses ($$$) off as it was getting dark. I put them in the chest pocket of my shirt. Somehow, probably when dealing with a fish, they fell out, and went into the water without me realizing it. I discovered I lost them that night, and had no idea when they left my shirt. (in the water, walking back to truck, etc.) I was fishing the same area the next morning, took a few minutes looking IN THE WATER and there they were, about one foot submerged sitting on a clump of vegetation. LUCKY, LUCKY, LUCKY.

~James

 

[Simms]

I usually lose about 2-4 cell phones each year to the rivers...

 

[jcstikfish]

I usually lose about 2-4 cell phones each year to the rivers...

That is RIDICULOUS! You need to invest in a zip lock bag!

I lost one phone to salt spray, and that cured me from taking a naked phone on the water.

~James

 

[Simms]

I should get the construction edition phone...However, they are too bulky... My father has had them ever since they came out and loves them. Has been dropped off roofs, canopys, and array of other things in his normal routine. Good thing there are 5 people in my immediate family, cause when the insurance company drops me after 2 phones (allowed 2 phones per year) I then resort to whoever is getting an upgrade at the time. lol

Perhaps I should invest the SIMMS waterproof camera/phone holder...

 

[skipper3245]

I never bring my cell phone with me for that reason, and the one time i brought it this year, it went in the swim. I am looking at that shock proof cell phone for my upgrade next month.

 

[leadhead]

I don't bring a cell phone because I don't want to be bothered.

 

[Trouser Trout]

My cell phone is 5 years old, thoroughly abused still works great, except it is so old it only takes pictures in black and white......