I have a few, but I'm guessing we all do. Seem's like a good topic.

I have a small gerber pocket knife. It stands out as I found it on Eagle creek in Oregon about 30 years ago. First time I fished with my now brother-in-law. We hooked 5 or 6 in three hours ( hooked two in the first 10 minutes), and he complained the whole time about how the river was high and it was so slow. About every three or four years I find it somewhere then lose it again in my junk. Brings back good memories every time.

I never win anything.

One day in the 1980s I was lake fishing when I hooked a stray line. Pulled it all in and lo and behold, on the other end of the line was a near new bass rod with a new looking Abu Ultra mag 2 reel.

After I cleaned it up and lubed it I ended up catching lots pf steelhats and coho on it (the reel, not the rod). At the time it became my fave steelhead reel for a while because compared to my Abu 5600Cs, this thing was all modern and shitt and could cast light stuff far.

I win the internets on the daily. Does that count?

I also found a freshly dead body in downtown Seattle once, which was a nice and pleasant experience. "Fresh" as in still kinda actively dying (agonal breathing stage). Tried CPR, but it was too late. I gave the poor sod back to the State though, because oddly enough, the State frowns upon "finders keepers" laws when it comes to dead bodies.

Yeah...wonderful topic Jussie.
Now if you'll excuse me, I need to make a phone call to my therapist.

I was fishing in Colorado, saw an old tiny cave in the hill with smoke stains, found an obsidian axe head after digging for 5 seconds with a stick.

Was fishing a river, found a mortar (as in mortar and pestle) that is ancient made from the same rock that was all over the river. It’s a fancy one with embellishments along the side and a grip.

Never won a thing.

I've won the Darkside CFB pool 2x.

I won the first and only "Gettin' Jiggy With It" NCAA Tournament contest, right here on PP, a few years back. All I had to do was tie a couple jigs for the prize pool, then draw Louisville as my champion. Prize was a nice haul! Still fishing some of the jigs, using some of the tackle, and wearing some of the swag.

I'm sure I've won or found other stuff over the years, but I can't think of anything noteworthy.

Looks like I'm not alone in winning something from PP. I guess it stands to reason that if you enter a contest pool with 20 participants, you've always got a solid chance of winning!

i just found a 300 dollar Mason Greenwood soccer card i stuffed in a box cuz i dont collect soccer a few weeks back...

think ill sell it and go buy another rifle...

Why do you need so many guns, evo?

Shouldn't you spend some of your money on masks and something like rent?

I forgot...I once won an OK Corral style old western gun fight with the treacherous Black Bart at Casa Bonita. I was like 10 years old and easily had the fastest six shooter in the west that day. Ol' villainous Bart then met his final demise by cliff diving into the depths below never to be seen again (or until the next show at 10 past the hour)

My reward? One free sopapilla n' honey and a chitty plastic Sheriff's badge. I AM THE LAW! WOOHOO!

PS: For those wondering, Casa Bonita isn't just a South Park joke, it's very very real and very very amazingly fun while being simultaneously awful. Horrible food, but that's besides the point. It's the perfect place to get utterly shitfaced with your friends before hitting strip clubs.

why do people need so many fishing rods? reels?

knives? plugs?

i enjoy shooting, and having fun...

Pretty sure you only won once. And that's the lifetime limit for a dirty Coug.

Last week, walking out in the dark, I came across a huge, glow in the dark, fungus growing on a tree stump. It was bright enough to see from quite a distance. Never have seen something like it before in the Northwest. Always something new to "find" or see in the n orthwest.

Did you get a picture? Was it an orangish glow or a light green glow? How big - what did it look like - where?

This is important. We wouldn't want Rich's wife poisoned again.

I won a Savage 30-06 with a Bushnell 3x9 scope at an Elks Club raffle once. Long time ago back in Michigan at college. Out of the box, that cheap Savage was the most accurate little son of gun around. Crazy accurate - hot or cold. Especially for a $350 rifle with scope included (in 1995 dollars). It was HELL on those Michigan Whitetails for 3 seasons. Farm permit = 50 deer. 2,3,4,5 deer a day....whatever. Toss another in the back of the truck and let's go get breakfast. I personally fed many people during college - there was always more than enough to go around.

That little sniper Savage was a beast. Traded it off for a much nicer .280 Ackley Elk stick once I moved back to CO. Poked a dandy 5x5 with that Ackley, so it's all good. I honestly don't know where that Ackley is now. It's somewhere back in CO. Sister probably has it in a closet. Whatever.

Won the lottery once, like Hurley on lost.

When evo finds a job and Rich finds a clue this thread will gain some traction.

Until then... I found a fresh, loaded, scoped .30-06 Remington 7600 pump gun wrapped in plastic and stashed under some tree bark deep into an area that hunting is not allowed, and a 12 weight green fly line floating in a back eddy figuring there would be a big ol' steelhead on it that somebody had busted off..things went the other way as I pulled the line in and out of the depths came a 975.00 dollar 12 weight GLoomis Greased Line spey rod with a 500.00 dollar reel on it. Won a St Charles Pathfinder takedown recurve at a TBW banquette back in the olden days signed by Glenn himself and I still have it. Big winterkill bulls are my favorite finds.

Also, when young.. I found a job, a few years later... I also found a clue.

my dad was good friends with Glenn..

have several photos around here somewhere of him handing me trophies i won at CRB in the 80s... yay trophies..

still have the Cecil McConnell custom built 1 of 3 take down Blackhawk recurves he built... very nice bow...

too bad you lost the clue after you found it....