Occasionally while walking to a stream I will find some item or other on the ground or in the shallows of the stream itself. Nippers on a pull pin, small box of flies, one time a net...somebody's lunch and twice a ziplock bag with a license in it. One of them also had a couple of bucks.
Once a dozen years or so ago I also found a nice cane rod and Hardy reel just leaning against a tree. When ever it is possible I will return the item,if not marked I check the local shops to see if anyone is missing anything.. Very seldom is there a name or phone number or any other marking on this stuff.
I left the rod at a shop with my card. Surely this is one thing someone would come back for. I returned 2 weeks later and someone had picked up the rod. No name, no note...Just said to say "Thanks".
A little thank you note would have been nice. Then I began to wonder...Did someone really pick it up?????
So, how about you? Do you mark your stuff? And have you found anything along a stream?