Vests

What's the best all round vest for no more than $175.. I mostly fish
small rivers ands stream in Michigan's UP...

Thanks in advance...


Lou

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"Louis Owen" wrote in message
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What's the best all round vest for no more than $175.. I mostly fish
small rivers ands stream in Michigan's UP...

Thanks in advance...


Lou


Don't know if its the "best", but Fishpond has a phenomenal looking vest
that they just introduced for $120. Loads of pockets and places to hang
stuff that you will seldom need, can't leave home without, and will most
assuredly get in the way.

Jim Ray

"Louis Owen" wrote...
What's the best all round vest for no more than $175.. I mostly fish
small rivers ands stream in Michigan's UP...

$175? Hell, buy one of these and then send me the remainder:
http://tinyurl.com/2pewr. BMIA, Ken.
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who cannot fathom spending that much on a vest. A vest is for holding the stuff
in which I've invested a lot of money. ;-)
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In article , Tim J.
wrote:

"Louis Owen" wrote...
What's the best all round vest for no more than $175.. I mostly fish
small rivers ands stream in Michigan's UP...

$175? Hell, buy one of these and then send me the remainder:
http://tinyurl.com/2pewr. BMIA, Ken.

I agree. I use some sort of Orvis vest that I picked up in SF sometime,
years ago, for around $25. What's good about it is that it's made of
nylon netting that takes up no room and weighs nothing so the whole
thing can be rolled up and stuffed somewhere.
I can't imagine what would make it worth spending twice that.

For me, the aim of fly fishing is how little can you carry? A matchbox
with a few flies in it, a rod, a reel with a line, floatant. A net if
you want to eat some fish ( you don't need one otherwise.)

What more? that's the whole point. It should really all fit in your
pants pocket. But then there's the cheese sandwich, and the apple, and
the chocolate bar...

Lazarus

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What more? that's the whole point. It should really all fit in your
pants pocket. But then there's the cheese sandwich, and the apple, and
the chocolate bar...

The flare gun, the avalanche emergency transponder, the combination
grizzly-repelent/crab-cure pepper spray, the kapok inflatable floater
(to protect your inflatables incase on non-inflation), the patented
clavemeister tracker and GPS unit, the
barometer-pedometer-altimeter-compass-backup GPS-stopwatch diving watch
and, finally, a decent bottle of hootch. And now for the right front
pocket...
Frank Reid

Louis Owen wrote:

What's the best all round vest for no more than $175.. I mostly fish
small rivers ands stream in Michigan's UP...

Thanks in advance...

Lou

I use either an Orvis guide vest (sits higher on your chest) or a simple
chest/hip pack depending on
where I go. The vest can get really hot in summer and if Im staying on the
ranch I usually go back
to the cabin for lunch and change from my box of spinners to the afternoon
box of adults/grashoppers.

Ive also noticed that if I bring the vest I have a tendency to overpack and
end up spending a lot of time
trying to decide which of 1000s of flies to use.

"Lazarus Cooke" wrote...
Tim J. wrote:
"Louis Owen" wrote...
What's the best all round vest for no more than $175.. I mostly fish
small rivers ands stream in Michigan's UP...

$175? Hell, buy one of these and then send me the remainder:
http://tinyurl.com/2pewr. BMIA, Ken.

I agree. I use some sort of Orvis vest that I picked up in SF sometime,
years ago, for around $25. What's good about it is that it's made of
nylon netting that takes up no room and weighs nothing so the whole
thing can be rolled up and stuffed somewhere.
I can't imagine what would make it worth spending twice that.

For me, the aim of fly fishing is how little can you carry? A matchbox
with a few flies in it, a rod, a reel with a line, floatant. A net if
you want to eat some fish ( you don't need one otherwise.)

What more? that's the whole point. It should really all fit in your
pants pocket. But then there's the cheese sandwich, and the apple, and
the chocolate bar...

When I first started, I found myself cramming my vest full of all the gear I had
instead of thinking about where I was fishing and how I wanted to fish that day.
IMHO, that preparation is part of the fly fishing experience. Now I have a LOT
of empty pockets (available for cheese sandwiches, etc.)
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In Lazarus Cooke
wrote:
For me, the aim of fly fishing is how little can you carry? A
matchbox with a few flies in it, a rod, a reel with a line,
floatant. A net if you want to eat some fish ( you don't
need one otherwise.)

What more? that's the whole point. It should really all fit
in your pants pocket. But then there's the cheese sandwich,
and the apple, and the chocolate bar...

I'm with you! I keep my gear behind the car seat (couple
rods, couple reels, couple fly boxes, tippet spools, and some
split shot, etc.). When I get where I'm going, I'll pick the
rod and reel I want to use, grab one of the fly boxes, stuff
a spool or two of tippet, hemostat and nippers in the pocket,
and start walking to where I want to fish. Nice to travel
light. :-) If conditions change enough to warrant some of the
other gear, I can walk back to the vehicle, eat a sandwich,
have a pop, and re-arm myself.

Neatest thing in the current inventory is a little C&F
fly box that holds *scads* of flies and still fits in a
back jeans pocket. Vest? Who needs one? :-)

Todd (remove hook to reply)

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In article , Francis Reid
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What more? that's the whole point. It should really all fit in your
pants pocket. But then there's the cheese sandwich, and the apple, and
the chocolate bar...

The flare gun, the avalanche emergency transponder, the combination
grizzly-repelent/crab-cure pepper spray, the kapok inflatable floater
(to protect your inflatables incase on non-inflation), the patented
clavemeister tracker and GPS unit, the
barometer-pedometer-altimeter-compass-backup GPS-stopwatch diving watch
and, finally, a decent bottle of hootch. And now for the right front
pocket...
Frank Reid

jeez frank I agree with you!

L

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I want to thank the collective Ya'll for getting me thinking. I believe you
are right. I'm probably better off doing what I've been doing which is using
my small Sandpiper Chest pack and carrying my rain gear, drink, bug dope and
snack in a split willow creel..
I subscribe to the idea that he best fishing is probably between the
bridges so I often spend as much time walking to the sweet spots and back as
I do fishing. I'm getting by just fine with he gear I have and if I had a
vest I'd load myself down like a mule. I can see that now..

Thanks you all for sharing your good thoughts...



Lou


"Louis Owen" wrote in message
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What's the best all round vest for no more than $175.. I mostly fish
small rivers ands stream in Michigan's UP...

Thanks in advance...


Lou