SilverDoctor Posted July 5, 2007 Share Posted July 5, 2007 I have had a terrible thing happen to me. I was on a business trip to Edmonton so I figured I would throw the Bamboo fly rod into van and swing around 22x on the way back and hit some of the small streams on the way back. In downtown Edmonton someone broke into my van and emptied it out. I don’t much care about the other things that are gone or the broken window. The heartbreaker is the loss of my Thomas and Thomas Henry's Fork 5 wt. bamboo fly rod - 8 1/2' #5 (handed down from my Dad it’s Irreplaceable. I am completely heartbroken at the loss. The police say recover is slim to non and most goods with a name on it end up in a dumpster. On the very small chance someone on the board sees a bamboo fly rod for sale with the name on the case and inscription on the rod “Lornce Lisowski”. Please grab it and let me know. Thank you all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cdock Posted July 5, 2007 Share Posted July 5, 2007 Awe man that sucks! If I see it I'll grab it for ya. Here's to hoping. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SanJuanWorm Posted July 5, 2007 Share Posted July 5, 2007 Lornce, Sorry to hear about that. I hate people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveM Posted July 5, 2007 Share Posted July 5, 2007 Sorry for your loss, SilverDoctor. Hope by some miracle you get it back; stranger things have happened. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taco Posted July 5, 2007 Share Posted July 5, 2007 Bullshit deal.. I hope they get what's comin' to them........................................................ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ham Posted July 5, 2007 Share Posted July 5, 2007 Wow, tough break man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chidders Posted July 5, 2007 Share Posted July 5, 2007 Lornce I hate to see that happen to nice guys like yourself. Hopefully someone will be able to get this back to you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vhawk12 Posted July 5, 2007 Share Posted July 5, 2007 Did you peek in the dumpsters around where you parked? I doubt they would carry all that stuff too far.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brownstone Posted July 6, 2007 Share Posted July 6, 2007 That's sad news SD..I hope the the return of your family treasure.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverDoctor Posted July 6, 2007 Author Share Posted July 6, 2007 Did you peek in the dumpsters around where you parked? I doubt they would carry all that stuff too far.. Yes I spent 5 hours looking. Have a friend that is checking out pawnshops. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vhawk12 Posted July 6, 2007 Share Posted July 6, 2007 Yes I spent 5 hours looking. Have a friend that is checking out pawnshops. Good luck man, I hope you find at least that Bamboo rod... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LynnF Posted July 6, 2007 Share Posted July 6, 2007 Really sorry to hear about that SD. Hope by some miracle that the rod is recovered. And that kharma smacks the bastard that stole it something good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingSalmon Posted July 6, 2007 Share Posted July 6, 2007 Man, so sorry to hear!! I haven't been to downtown edmonton in over a year now because my car got broken into a couple times there...a VERY bad place for break-ins. And the cops usually can't do crap all about it neither...that's the bad part Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conor Posted July 6, 2007 Share Posted July 6, 2007 Brutal. I'll keep an eye out on ebay and some bamboo forums. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reevesr1 Posted July 6, 2007 Share Posted July 6, 2007 Silverdoctor, My sincere condolences. I know how important things from your dad are. I truly hope they find it. I also had some stuff stolen when I lived in Edmonton and they were recovered months later, so there is hope. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weedy1 Posted July 6, 2007 Share Posted July 6, 2007 Hope you get your items back Lornce. There seems to be quite an increase in theft in Edmonton as of late. I have known a few people that have had their vehicles broken into in downtown Edmonton and many others with thefts occuring elsewhere. For the most part they are trashing the inside looking for money or something easily sold. My next door neighbor actually found a thief sitting in his vehicle downtown. They got into it and ended up down in the river valley punching it out before the cops showed up. Luckily he had his cell phone with him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
admin Posted July 6, 2007 Share Posted July 6, 2007 Ya, it really does sound like things are getting worse. I guess I was lucky, both my wife and I parked/worked downtown Edmonton for years and never had a break in. I did run into people freaking out on Crack on a daily basis, seen a couple people mugged, etc... I actually feel a lot safer walking downtown Calgary or Toronto than Edmonton. I hope you get your rods back. My Wife was mugged in Edmonton a couple years back. All her stuff was thrown away not far from where she was mugged (%*7#@ punk @$$ crack heads). She doesn't carry money, so they didn't get anything useful. Anyhow, people found her cards, looked us up in the phone book and called us that they found her id etc. Hopefully one of these good natured people finds your rods and gets them reutrned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SanJuanWorm Posted July 6, 2007 Share Posted July 6, 2007 Karma has a way of fixing stuff like this. Chin up. Good things happen to good people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kungfool Posted July 6, 2007 Share Posted July 6, 2007 What a terrible thing to have stolen . Very very sorry to hear it. Here's to hoping it makes a maraculous re-apperance! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wongrs Posted July 6, 2007 Share Posted July 6, 2007 sorry to hear doc. hope it turns up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyangler Posted July 6, 2007 Share Posted July 6, 2007 Huge bummer! I'll watch ebay, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NormanMcLean Posted July 6, 2007 Share Posted July 6, 2007 I remember I heard last year Barry White's (the Bow River guide) truck got broken into and they stole all kinds of gear, rods and thousands of hand tied flies. Does anyone know if he recovered any of that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weedy1 Posted July 6, 2007 Share Posted July 6, 2007 I remember I heard last year Barry White's (the Bow River guide) truck got broken into and they stole all kinds of gear, rods and thousands of hand tied flies. Does anyone know if he recovered any of that? He didn't recover anything from what I have heard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toolman Posted July 6, 2007 Share Posted July 6, 2007 Sad to hear this Lornce. That really sucks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grizz Posted July 6, 2007 Share Posted July 6, 2007 If you have an old pic, or if there's any distinguishing marks, let us all know, or post the pic. That way, if we see it, it might trigger our memory of this thread, then we can all collectively hunt the guy down and shove the rod up his butt! Truly that sucks man!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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