Found fly box on the Crooked River Oregon
- Thread starter Wade Rivers
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Derek Young
Steelhead
I highly encourage everyone to purchase Karmik Outdoors QR code labels for their fly fishing and other valued outdoor gear.
Hmmm I didn't know that was a thing. That's really cool.
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Have you contacted local fly shops and let them know?
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Have you seen my hand writing? I should have been a doctor
Dammit, I regifted mine!Sharpie and or label makers are free (if you already have the label maker
I am digitally challenged. My daughter showed me a site where I can get my own QR code for free. I think I could just print these off and affix them to my gear with a message and any contact info I want to include. Is there a disadvantage to this that anyone is aware of?
Thanks,
Mark
Thanks,
Mark
Ok, we need to focus on the important stuff
So, the fishing has been good, but I haven't really seen a good hatch in weeks. Occasional risers here and there, mostly dinks, with a few fish taken on dries.
The river went thru a huge high water event and is back to winter low flow of 98 cfs. Good nymphing and my brother landed a steelhead...I broke one off, dang it.
Lots of whities on a sow bug!
PS. For any old Westfly guys: I fished with Arlen and we ran in to Gary Onefish
The disadvantage would be what if another digitally challenged guy found it? If I found it, as digitally challenged as I am, I would think-WTF-is this guy so lazy he can't put his address on his fly box so it could be readily returned? Surprisingly, not all of us are so irrevocably engaged to a cellphone that life without one seems unimaginable. Hopefully I will never find someone's prized fly box with just a QR code on it but if I do my response will be: "Thanks for the flies!"
Just out of curiosity.
What's wrong with leaving something that you found alone? It's like a golf ball on the golf course. You know it's not yours and it belongs to someone else.
Regarding a lost fly box. Do you feel like other fishermen are not trustworthy when finding a lost item?
Do you think the owner will not return to look for the lost item?
What's wrong with leaving something that you found alone? It's like a golf ball on the golf course. You know it's not yours and it belongs to someone else.
Regarding a lost fly box. Do you feel like other fishermen are not trustworthy when finding a lost item?
Do you think the owner will not return to look for the lost item?
I've picked up many golf ball looking for mine in an area thats obvious it was not found , nor is anyone going to come back after a round of golf ,and be looking for it .
It is a dilemma on whether to leave a lost net ,fly box etc laying on the bank . IMO if everyone were honest sure let it lay, unfortunately as we know not all are , and that includes fishermen . There is no good answer , other than marking your fly boxes , nets etc . with the hopes if lost they will be returned .
Derek Young
Steelhead
80% of registered Karmik Outdoors labeled gear is returned its owners.
Do the right thing, you’d want your lost gear returned, right?
Do the right thing, you’d want your lost gear returned, right?
I'm confident @iveofione would make an attempt to return a found item if identified, and if it weren't for this thread I would have never thought of using a QR code to identify my gear. It intrigues me since it would be small, neat, and could hold a large amount of info.....and possible not cost anything.....it's free!
I think a small QR code on my rod grips, net, and my fly boxes does make sense though.
Tape with my phone # blocks visibility of some of my flies. My penmanship sucks....
I was more worried about some kind of identity issue.....it's one more site that would have my cell # and email address.
I think a small QR code on my rod grips, net, and my fly boxes does make sense though.
Tape with my phone # blocks visibility of some of my flies. My penmanship sucks....
I was more worried about some kind of identity issue.....it's one more site that would have my cell # and email address.
Just for the record, I was fishing a remote lake in British Columbia years ago that we had 4 wheeled into. As we were about to leave I spotted something that looked like a fly rod in the grass and it turned out to be 2 fly rods! Both fully equipped with reels, lines and flies. It would have been easy to just take them along but I had hope that maybe the owner might come looking for them. So I cut off the flies, in case he came back he would know they had been found by another fly fisherman. I leaned them against the back side of a tree where they were not visible from the road and hoped at some point he would return.