The detective that was
handling my thief case concerning my fly fishing equipment called me Thursday
morning. He wanted me to come down to the police station Friday and identify
some fly fishing rods and reels he had recovered from a house in a county north
of the county I live in. Naturally I was at the station at 8 AM Friday, ready to take a look at the equipment. I was
thrilled and kind of disappointed at the same time because what I found was two
of my Redington fly rods and two fly reels those being my Redington 2/3 wt. and
one of my prized Gloomis fly reels 3/4 wt. What I was hoping I would find was
my Greys Streamflex 3 wt. with the Gloomis 3/4 fly reel, but I was still happy
they recovered the two I took back home with me.
There was an article in our
local paper a couple of weeks ago concerning an elderly couple who lived in
downtown Jasper that had their house burglarized. This happened when they were
at a friend’s house one weekday morning two weeks ago. The thieves stole over
15,000.00 dollars of antique glassware. The police in Jasper working with the
Winston county police department discovered that this burglary and others that
were occurring in the area was a huge theft ring operating in three counties in
around the walker county where we live.
There was a search warrant
issued to search a house in a neighboring county, who they believed belong to
one of the thieves. Upon entering the house they found most of the glassware,
and numerous other items that had be stolen the past couple of months. The
individual who lived in the house was not there. My fly fishing equipment was found
in that house with all the other stolen items. The police are still investigating
the case and hopefully some more of my equipment will be recovered soon.
The handle on my 7 ½ ft. fly
rod looks like a mouse had nibbled on the cork. The fly rod was found in a
closet in this run down house out in a wooded area some miles away from town.
I was especially pleased to get my 8 ½ 3 wt with
my Gloomis 3/4 reel. These reels are hard to find and when one goes up for auction
on Ebay it is gone in a matter of days. I am very lucky to have recovered any
of my fishing equipment and I hope my Greys is the fly rod they find.