friday a week ago i fished a local river in so ca. this river in the los angeles area flows into a reservoir. every spring we get a run of nice bows into the river from the reservoir. this run is short lived and has to be timed right. i got lucky. i went to the mouth of the river where it flows in and there is a long willow lined channel where the fast water flows in and suddenly slows. i had my brodin net with me. i usually secure it with a ring to my vest but i had misplaced the ring so i was unhooking it when i needed to net a fish. i netted a fish and released him i looked down and the net was gone. not floating anywhere i could see it. i wrote it off but was kind of bumed. i continued to fish and was rewardd with a total of at least 12 nice bows. jumpers that made my 3" avon scream and put a serious bend in my steffen. the bite shut off and i tried to look into the water to find my net. nowhere to be seen. i left. today i went back to the same spot. not a fish to be had. i was casting downstream with a wooley bugger. i was about knee deep. i looked to my right to study the brush overhanging the bank thinking maybe a fish was holding there. lo and behold my net was there in the crotch of a willow bush. it was full of leaves and moss. i waded over into chest deep water ( i was wet wading) and plucked it out of the bush. none the worse for wear. i'm am glad i did not order a new one. of course i had a cheapo digital cam in my vest pocket. its toast. wet toast.

interestingly enough the digital cameral has dried out and is now working.

Great story, with a happy ending. Larry- that's the first case- ever- I've heard of a digicam drying out OK. I've got a used saltwater cell phone, if anyone's interested. No returns.

As to "finds," I snagged a full bottle of Sci Ang fly floatant sailing by my feet last Fall ... anybody lose it? (Sorry, it's about half-empty now ... ).

I've gone back for my Brodin net, though not quite that exciting.

A real surprise was one day I was missing the bottom 3 pcs of my telescoping wading staff. Managed to spot it hooked in cypress knee on the way back up.

That wouldn't be Lake Silverwood would it? ... or possibly Big Bear?
-Ray

for reasons unknown (maybe genetics!) I am prone to losing stuff. That is why I always tether my landing net with a bungy cord. With a big trout, I can reach back, pull the magnet loose, and let it hang until needed. If I did not tether it, I would be making the net companies rich.

Have more fun!