I lost a really nice baitcasting rig last year in Gardner Lake just east of where I live. I caught a small bass and set my rod down on the front of my boat so I could get the scale and weigh this little fish. She was maybe 2 lbs at max, just a little thing. I threw her back in, turned around to grab my rig and it was gone! Somehow I had thrown it overboard and not even heard the splash. I noted the area and left for the day. I went and bought some aluminum stock and some of those metal stringers. I made a triangle shaped rod retriever with the aluminum stock as a base, holes drilled in either end, and the metal stringers attached at the holes and then together. I unsprung the clasps, tied a rope on, and started dragging the bottom. It took about 10 minutes for me to retrieve my rig that next day. After a clean and rebuild at home the baitcaster works better now that it did before