LOCK UP YOUR STUFF!!!!!

[jimmy z]

That's just bad news. Bad news. I was at a RI spot the other day, and two guys were casing the lot. They were chased off, but it is still bad news.

[Mr. Sandman]

I don't understand people stealing fishing equipment. To me, fishing equipment has a lot of personal attachment to its owner...a lot of memories were made with that gear. Sometimes I look at a reel and it recalls a trip and a story.

This fall I found a sweet flyrod and reel in the sand. The setup was well over $1000. I once looked at purchasing the exact reel (Tibor) but could not justify the expense because of the frequency that I fly fish. (I am a now and then fly guy) Now I found it on the beach with no one in sight. I took it home, rinsed it off and called a friend at the newspaper to place an ad. It turns out he already knew who lost it and I was able to return it to the angler. To me I got more satisfaction out of returning the rod and reel then I would have from keeping it. I would feel like %$%$%$%$ every time I ever used it.... I know that rod meant a lot to its owner.

Stealing fishing gear is worse then stealing money IMO. You take away a piece of someones sole. I know anyone who steals fishing gear will burn in hell forever.

[Swimmer]

Originally Posted by Mr. Sandman

I don't understand people stealing fishing equipment. To me, fishing equipment has a lot of personal attachment to its owner...a lot of memories were made with that gear. Sometimes I look at a reel and it recalls a trip and a story.

This fall I found a sweet flyrod and reel in the sand. The setup was well over $1000. I once looked at purchasing the exact reel (Tibor) but could not justify the expense because of the frequency that I fly fish. (I am a now and then fly guy) Now I found it on the beach with no one in sight. I took it home, rinsed it off and called a friend at the newspaper to place an ad. It turns out he already knew who lost it and I was able to return it to the angler. To me I got more satisfaction out of returning the rod and reel then I would have from keeping it. I would feel like %$%$%$%$ every time I ever used it.... I know that rod meant a lot to its owner.

Stealing fishing gear is worse then stealing money IMO. You take away a piece of someones sole. I know anyone who steals fishing gear will burn in hell forever.

I wish you were the person who found my flyrod at the gut last year and not person who really found it, and didn't friekin return it. Thats O.K. though. No one that becomes a thief can ever wash that off, no one.
It was very kind of you to get the rod and reel to, let me guess, Nelson (Seigelman, sic) at the Times.