Best wishes for getting your rod and reel back. Have had it happen to me under different circumstances, but it is not uncommon to get it back.

A rod and reel combo like that have a lot of great memories to go with them. The memories are worth a lot more than the replacement cost by a large margin.

BTW - did anyone ever find a net left outside the bathroom at Elliott Bay a couple of summers ago :-)

It was gone by the time I had realized i left it there, but gee was I stupid or really tired at 4AM in the morning to leave it there in the first place!!!