A number of years ago when I got back from a steelhead fishing trip on the Deschutes River in Oregon, I left my fly rod at the takeout. The rod was made for me by my good friend Bill McGuire and had been with me on trips to Belize where I caught my first bonefish with it and many steelhead on the Methow River. I was just sick and didn’t even tell my wife about it for six months. She was a good friend of Bill’s, too. Many months later I got an e-mail from Kevin Brown, asking if I knew a guy named Bill McGuire, and during a phone call told me he had found my rod at the Goodwill store in the Dalles, Oregon! He was with his wife in the store and spotted what he knew was Sage blank clear across the room. Instead of shipping it he insisted that he personally return the rod to me. My wife and immediately planned a trip to the Oregon coast with just one stop planned, and that was to meet Kevin. I was so thankful and invited Kevin and his father to join me that summer for a trip to Banks Lake and Rufus Woods. We had a great time. This experience proved to me that there are still some very special people out there. Kevin is one of them.