I spend a lot of time fishing in liquid air, and seen anyone mention my favorite piece of raingear, so thought I'd share. Two years ago I bought the Cabela's top end goretex wading jacket (about $160). This jacket has a shoulder section made of a stretch fabric. At the wrists are neoprene "half gloves"....no fingers, but a thumb hole. It is the best piece of raingear I've ever had. It has these two zippers on either side of the main closure that let you access inner pockets without opening the whole jacket, or what I do is use them to pull thru my tool necklace and zip back up over it so I just have out what I need (usually nippers and tippet). The hood adjusts to pullback the sides for better peripheral vision, and it has a firm bill that lets me shake off the big drips without them running down my face. I usually wear an oiled canvas baseball cap under the hood anyhow. Compared to other jackets at over twice the price, it's an outstanding value. It is not a jacket for warmth, but fits easily over as many layers as you want...I find a polypro layer next to the skin and a layer of either wool or polarfleece (or both on the Solduc in February) work really well for warmth. AND...when you lift your rod as a fish rips line (or to pull the fly out of the tree it found on your back cast), the water doesn't run down your sleeve.
----- Original Message ----- From: "ffishnfly chatterton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, December 16, 2002 5:36 AM Subject: Best Raingear? > > Being that it appears the rains in Western Washington have come back to > stay, what kind of rain gear would you recommend for fishing in the area. I > would be wearing chest high waders of course (breatheable) but need a new > jacket to go with them. I have some Goretex coats, but find I usually get as > wet inside them as if I didn't wear them. I need something flexible, > lightweight, and reasonable in price. I was looking at some rain gear at > last years Puyallup show which appeared in texture to be similiar to the > throw away type of hospital gowns. The salesman said he had been using it > for years and it was completely waterproof and very durable. I forget the > name of it, but came in yellow and blue. I see that Anglers Workshop in > Woodland is now selling it. Anybody had any experience with this type of > rain gear? Or what do you use and enjoy? > > Thanks, > > Roger > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > The new MSN 8: advanced junk mail protection and 2 months FREE* > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail >
