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**chas** · August 7th, 2009, 08:33 AM posted to rec.outdoors.fishing.fly

wrote:
On Wed, 05 Aug 2009 09:49:11 GMT, chas wrote:

I guess I needed to do something really stupid to get myself to start posting
again. Last Saturday, July 31, I set my rod down next to the car at the
trail
head for the South Fork of the Hoh river. It's a Loomis rod with a Ross
reel,
my favorite medium duty rod and reel. If hear of it being found, let me
know.
I'll reserve the rest of the details for anyone who has the rod.

I sympathize, sorta, but I have to ask - why would the person who _lost_ the
item need to withhold identifying info? I mean, if someone finds a medium-duty
Loomis with a Ross in the parking area at the trail head of the South Fork of
the Hoh river, are you going to quiz the finder for specific details to prevent
them from trying to phonily foist off upon you a different medium-duty Loomis
with a Ross that was not, in fact, found in the parking area at the trail head
of the South Fork of the Hoh river...?

An easy $100 for the finder.

Hmmm...not so easy if they have to go through all sorts of hoops to prove they
found the right Loomis with a Ross that they found in the parking area at the
trail head of the South Fork of the Hoh river...

Thanks,

You're welcome?

Chas
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TC,
R

Thanks for your usual helpful comment, I toyed with the idea of not responding,
but I just had to explain why it's actually a good idea to withhold some info.

Imagine that someone, you for example, sees my lost rod post, and sees a found
rod post somewhere I haven't managed to look. You call the finder, give them
the details I've posted and tell them to send it to Chas Wade at your address.
Now the rod that almost made it home is lost for sure.

Just because you can't think of the reason someone does something doesn't mean
it's a stupid thing to do.

Chas
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