there must be something about this month of august...
After an amazing trip to alaska, complete with 10 lb coho and 4 lb pinks in the salt, on fly rod, as well as just the whole concept of being in alaska, and loving it, i return home to have all my steelhead fly reels disappear/stolen... One BG-7 with delta long floater, and a spare spool with a windcutter-tips, and my beloved Gunnison G-5 with two spare spools and three lines.... my gear bag some how went missing during my return trip from Boise to here in central Oregon. all told, $1,800 in equipment vanished... the worst part about it, no signs of break in to my vehicle along the way... And because of my mind being on auto pilot from the trip, have very vague recollections about when i last saw/had the bag with reels, etc... damn near like it was abducted by aliens or something... have no better explanation...
The worst part about it, besides loosing the G-5 which HAD so many memories attached to it (first steelhead on fly, first coho and pink on a fly, first bull redfish on a fly, largest fish on a fly......), it's prime time steelheadin' and i'm with out my precious gear!!! did i mention the painful lesson i've now learned about car insurance and what it DOESN'T cover??? going to be a long september and october until i can get that BG-7 replaced....
in regards to the G-5, besides the memories and the lines and everything else lost, i'm bummed about its near irreplacability... i really wish Ross wouldn't have discontinued that reel...... I've put in an add in the "classifieds" for a G-5. if anyone has one in good to excellent/new condition, or knows where i could acquire a replacement, i'd really appreciate hearing from you....
stick a few for me......
After an amazing trip to alaska, complete with 10 lb coho and 4 lb pinks in the salt, on fly rod, as well as just the whole concept of being in alaska, and loving it, i return home to have all my steelhead fly reels disappear/stolen... One BG-7 with delta long floater, and a spare spool with a windcutter-tips, and my beloved Gunnison G-5 with two spare spools and three lines.... my gear bag some how went missing during my return trip from Boise to here in central Oregon. all told, $1,800 in equipment vanished... the worst part about it, no signs of break in to my vehicle along the way... And because of my mind being on auto pilot from the trip, have very vague recollections about when i last saw/had the bag with reels, etc... damn near like it was abducted by aliens or something... have no better explanation...
The worst part about it, besides loosing the G-5 which HAD so many memories attached to it (first steelhead on fly, first coho and pink on a fly, first bull redfish on a fly, largest fish on a fly......), it's prime time steelheadin' and i'm with out my precious gear!!! did i mention the painful lesson i've now learned about car insurance and what it DOESN'T cover??? going to be a long september and october until i can get that BG-7 replaced....
in regards to the G-5, besides the memories and the lines and everything else lost, i'm bummed about its near irreplacability... i really wish Ross wouldn't have discontinued that reel...... I've put in an add in the "classifieds" for a G-5. if anyone has one in good to excellent/new condition, or knows where i could acquire a replacement, i'd really appreciate hearing from you....
stick a few for me......