Fishing Vest weight discussion

for weight distribution and not getting a sore back add tabs to the back
of your vest and run your wading belt through it..you'll be suprized how
much better you feel with this setup..my battinkill vest came with
them...also stand straighter when fishing and walking..I see so mant
people out there bent over to much....


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"rb608" wrote in message
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On Feb 19, 10:54 am, "Danl" danlfinn@*remove this*intergate.com
wrote:

.. I like that the first
feature listed is their capacity to filter giardia (never had the
pleasure; from all accounts, don't want to.)


Joe F.

....I lost 20 pounds in one month....giardia is some nasty
....ummm...errr....defecation...

john

On Feb 19, 9:37*am, rb608 wrote:
. *In the end, my vest ends up more a backpack than a fishing
aid.

I don't really have a question, except, does everyone else take all
this **** when they go out for a day? *Or, do you plan to be closer to
your vehicle and leave more stuff behind?

Joe F.

The only way I cut the weight is to carry only one loaded spare clip
for the Glock.

Big Dale

On Feb 19, 11:37*pm, rb608 wrote:
The subject of vest weight has come up before and again just recently,
and I thought I'd offer up my Boy Scout "Be Prepared" fishing vest for
discussion. *On the few occasions I hit the rivers, I'm planning to
make a day of it. *I'm usually an inconvenient distance from my car,
and anything I want for 8 hours, I need to take with me.

I'm all for a light vest, and I really don't take too much extra
fishing gear. *Then again, what do a few leaders or spools of tippet
weigh anyway. *No, fishing supplies add virtually nothing to my vest,
yet the last time I was up on the Salmon River, I think my vest must
have weighed ten pounds. *Why? *It's the other stuff.

It's no fun getting hungry when the catching is good, so I stuff a few
granola bars in the back pocket. *Getting dehydrated is worse, so a
couple bottles of water go in there too. *Now the vest is a load.
Stuff a stuffable rain jacket back there too, and now it's bulky *and*
heavy. *Then there's the flask of single malt (optional, I suppose,
for some), a few good cigars, and a small supply of TP, and a small
camera. *In the end, my vest ends up more a backpack than a fishing
aid.

I don't really have a question, except, does everyone else take all
this **** when they go out for a day? *Or, do you plan to be closer to
your vehicle and leave more stuff behind?

Joe F.

Am I the only person who actually uses a *backpack*? I stuff my vest,
reels, water bottles, cigars, a book, GPS, TP, etc into it and wear it
to the river. If I'm fishing a pool and will be returning to the same
spot I hang the pack on a tree and don the vest. If I'm wading up a
river, I put the vest on and put the pack on over it. That way, I
still have all my fishing goodies handy, and can still drop the pack
if I stop for a spell at one spot.

I worry about a heavy vest. Having swum plenty of rapids during my
whitewater days, there's no way I want all that weight and claptrap
rattling around me if I take a fall while crossing at a rapid or slip
into a deep pool.

--riverman

I worry about a heavy vest. Having swum plenty of rapids during my
whitewater days, there's no way I want all that weight and claptrap
rattling around me if I take a fall while crossing at a rapid or slip
into a deep pool.

SoSpenders and a curved, serrated pocket knife. Works every.... uh,
well, I'll get back to you on that.
Frank Reid

On Feb 19, 8:37 am, rb608 wrote:

[heavy loaded vest stuff]

Yeah, I'm a heavy-vest wearer, but I'm trying to cure myself. Maybe we
need a HVWA group ;-)

Danl, the generous and kind gentleman that he is, at one SJ clave
brought us all the filter water bottles that he uses. I for one use it
on my rare fishing ventures (and sometimes hiking), and am very happy
to have been on the receiving end of that gift.

I've seen Willi head out for the day with waders, a jacket, and a fly
rod, and still catch all the fish. Ok, I think I saw him slip a 1x2"
box of flies in his pocket, and one tippet spool.

Jon.