[buzzbaiter]

Never lost a box but I've had my license fall off numerous times. I've had to do S&R to find them. A few times it was while wading the shoreline of lakes so they were easy finds. They just float along shore. Rivers and streams aren't so easy. I once backtracked a mile to find one. It got caught up in a side eddy and was just spinning in circles.

This is before u could just reprint them. Now I don't care. I had a lost one mailed back to me(after a year; I think whomever found it used it. lol) and have mailed two back over the last 30 years.

As for dunkings, too numerous to name. Worst getting wet was a splashdown into 40F water. Many other painful ones landing on my hand, wrist, knee and hip. Also whacked myself in the face with a branch(walked into it. don't ask)enough to see stars, break my sunglasses and get 1" long gash. Who says fishing isn't dangerous.