Glad you got it back AH.
Stepped in a deep hole in the surf last year up to my neck and lost
a nice Lami. My friend helped me drag for it but no luck.
One time or another it's bound to happen.
lost a great stick and a vs a while back to a rogue wave...I electrical taped a Finsport Pigtail Retractor to the lower handle of my rod and now it gets clipped to a D-ring whenever I'm in the water or the surfs up, doesn't get in the way and still provides plenty of mobility...cost about 8 bucks for the added security
I think Back Beach Jake saved a rod for me about 10 years ago at RP when I used to bait fish the old fashioned way. (That doesn't work anymore unless you are kayasting) Thanks Fred.