Sadly but somewhat humorous it was never left at the river!
My middle son had taken the rod apart, put the rod in the bottom of a rod case (2 wt 6' rod just kinda disappeared in that tube) and the reel was in his vest. He thought I had misplaced another rod and never put two and two together. I must say I was just very happy to discover there was something else in that rod tube.
Miss Dad too. He always had the best advice even when I didn't want to hear it. I miss being able to ask him the difficult questions of life and the often dry humor that followed.