Ha! Well done Pascanell.......Are you suggesting "floating pliers" for those of us who are perhaps a little apt to have some gear, shall we say, "misplaced"?  ;D

OK......I'll play. I'm trying to think of other stuff that the water has laid claim to in my piscatorial pursuits.

I lost the top end of a Shimano SST (salmon,steelhead,trout) rod in Louisianna while in my plastic Coleman Canoe.....At the time it was my pride and joy. I have never found a rod since that could load and cast a j-11 rapala and 4lb test a country mile. Very handy for the crystal clear gravel pits we used to sneak into when we were kids. The rod started my love affair with long rods. I still have the other 1/2.

Then there was the time my Dad and I had stashed our sunglasses in the canvas of a fold up top on his boat. When the rains came the top went up and both pair of glasses went overboard. Bloop!

Lets's see......what else. 1 very nice stringer of fish while on Lake Erie when I was a kid (I got blamed but not totally my fault)........ 1 fancy high end fish marker while off shore, I can still see the tide forcing it under, 10' then 20' etc. etc............ One ignition key while on a dock........

And those are just off the top of my head. Hey we could start a new thread........."what have you kerplopped into the drink"