When I was in Alaska last year I got one of the Simms ones that have a hood and drawstrings all over the place.
It hept me warm because it keeps the wind out and it is waterproof so it keeps you dry. Hard to put a price on expensive if you can continue fishing comfortably even in bad weather. Thank you, Alan Di Somma You know your a redneck when: You have the local taxidermist on speed dial... http://www.azflyfishing.net/ ----- Original Message ----- From: Rene Zillmann To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, November 12, 2010 11:25 AM Subject: Re: [VFB] Fishing Jacket Selection Hi Mike, thanks for the reply. Hodgman has a really good price, and a good quality. At least from my experience. !0 years ago (oh.. 11) I bought some wader (hip wader) from them, not breathable, but easy to carry, and easy on travel. Use them often, and have no failure so far. I like simms too, but their Wading Jackets are faar to expensive for my budget. I'm thinking now to buy some Jack Wolfskin stuff, my kids have some of them and are very satisfied, no ff jacquets, just plain vanilla hard shells. Rene On 11/11/2010 10:12 PM, Michael Bliss wrote: Rene, I really like Simms stuff but it is pricey. I bought a Hodgman wading jacket at Sportsmans Warehouse a few years back and I love it. It has big pockets so I can put in a few fly boxes. It is short so it stays out of the water. And I think it is good looking so I wear it a lot around town (when I am in Utah. Don't need one here in Hawaii). It was very reasonably priced and it has worn very well. I did recoat it with a water repellant last year after about 5 years. I would recommend at least a look. (I looked and they are about $80 US now which is about what the sticker was then but I got it on sale for about $50 if I remember right) Mike On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 9:43 AM, Rene Zillmann <[email protected]> wrote: Hi Gang, I'm in the market to buy an additional jacket for winter fishing. I have already a Wading Jacket from Orvis which I like most, now I'm looking for something which keeps me dry and warm even in Winter, and not only for fishing. When I browse through the shops, I see that outdoor jackets like from Jacke Wolfskin or Patagonia go with 150 to 250 EUR, even ones which look 'top end'. (Lined, flexible, etc.), When I look for jackets which are marked as fly fishing jackets, they go from 300 to 500 EUR. That;s valid also for companies which sell 'regular' and 'ff-jackets'.My question is now: Why are these ff jackets so much expensive? Is it possible to cast a line while wearing a 'regular' shell? Any experience and thoughts? Rene -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com -- Mike Bliss Aloha from Hawaii -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com
