sorry to hear the bad news. it's hard to believe that you were the only one to get ripped off, seeing how there are so many "resident campers" there. one of my buddies had a rod stolen right behind his back last year and caught the "CRACKER ASS". some punk kid had my buddies reel and rod and engraved his name on the side of the curado. who the hell would enrave a 100+ dollar reel where it is visible. anyways the kid admitted to it and returned it. the good people at shimano replaced it for him luckily. someday one of us will catch someone and take out everyones aggression on them. and it wuill happen sooner or later.