Abstract: Herein known as REELBACK this device has been designed to retrieve lost items such due to separation from user, vessel, pier or persons such as fishing gear or other non-aquatic device. This device is of suitable materials containing herein a preloaded retrieval device, housed with a deployable flotation device, allowing recovery of fishing gear or non aquatic items such as binoculars, keys, rods with reels, dip-nets, etc. items lost at sea, lakes, ponds and other bodies of water.