Who hasn't done something similar to this?  Leaving the DSR Saturday around 3pm, I leaned my fly rod against the passenger door while taking off boots and waders.  Then, I promptly drove off leaving my fly rod lying in the grass in the DSR parking lot.  Didn't miss it till the next morning, then panic struck...I was staying near Syracuse so I drove 35 miles north to the DSR convinced my fly rod was someone else's now.  The morning crew at the DSR said no one turned a rod in.  They looked around the new building a bit longer and there it was standing in the corner, not even broken!  A big thanks to whoever turned it in.  For me, it's not fishing unless I break or lose something expensive.  I did have to buy new waders at Whitacres as mine sprang a leak. 

   there is hope in humanity but all we ever talk about is the idiots in life good to hear you got it back.

That,leaving the rod on the vehicle,is a common experience.I left mine on the roof a couple years ago and realized it when it clattered to the street as I drove off.Got the rod back but the reel was bent and unusable.
Many years ago we were Steely fishing at the trestle.While there I fished next to a couple guys from NJ that lived near the the Pa border,had a good time fishing and talking to them.After awhile my cousin and I decided to drive to the Sandy to try that.When we got there my cousin discovered his rod was missing,yep he left in the trestle parking lot.We dashed back to the lot but it was gone.I had a hunch that those Jersey guys might have found it as they said they were leaving soon.I told my cousin if they got it I think somehow it will be returned.Well,after we got home I noticed a ad in the lost & found in the morning paper saying if you lost a rod on the SR "I have it" call and describe and it's yours.I called my cousin about the ad and he got his rod back,this was a custom built expensive rod!
There's many good people out there,too bad it's the bad ones that get the press.
 
Hey Chartist,how was the fishing?

I've done that too many times.  Now, I have conditioned myself to place my rod across the windshield when I return from the river.  It's hard to drive away when you're looking at your rod!.....although I've started to do that too...

Irisheyeball
I've done that too many times.  Now, I have conditioned myself to place my rod across the windshield when I return from the river.  It's hard to drive away when you're looking at your rod!.....although I've started to do that too...

Me too,now it either goes across the windshield or against the drivers side rear view mirrow

pafisher
That,leaving the rod on the vehicle,is a common experience.I left mine on the roof a couple years ago and realized it when it clattered to the street as I drove off.Got the rod back but the reel was bent and unusable.
Many years ago we were Steely fishing at the trestle.While there I fished next to a couple guys from NJ that lived near the the Pa border,had a good time fishing and talking to them.After awhile my cousin and I decided to drive to the Sandy to try that.When we got there my cousin discovered his rod was missing,yep he left in the trestle parking lot.We dashed back to the lot but it was gone.I had a hunch that those Jersey guys might have found it as they said they were leaving soon.I told my cousin if they got it I think somehow it will be returned.Well,after we got home I noticed a ad in the lost & found in the morning paper saying if you lost a rod on the SR "I have it" call and describe and it's yours.I called my cousin about the ad and he got his rod back,this was a custom built expensive rod!
There's many good people out there,too bad it's the bad ones that get the press.
 
Hey Chartist,how was the fishing?

There were fish in the DSR.  I would say I saw pods of 2 and 3 fish every 20 minutes coming  through.  The area above the Joss hole was hot on Saturday.  Friday, I saw a ton of fish in the 81 hole but they wouldn't bite.  Periodically, some would break out up through the fast water.