Strange to think that this time last year I had only been fishing 3 times in 30 odd years, strange how once the interest is retriggered it becomes (with me anyway) a little bit obsessive.
Whilst looking back on the enjoyable 1/2 day I had last week it occurred to me that rather than trash my other jackets I should probably get myself a dedicated fishing jacket which with a bit of luck would also have enough pockets etc to store all the little bits of stuff that you 'need' for a days fishing
Had a bit of a search online and to be honest was a all a bit disappointing, there is no way I am paying £500 plus for a SIMMS jacket, particularly as it has SIMMS plastered all over it in large letters and I also do not want a wading jacket as the type of fishing I am currently doing does not require waders and I would rather have a longer length jacket to protect the top of my legs somewhat.
All I was looking for was a 3/4 length waterproof jacket with handwarmer pockets, pockets large enough to hold a flybox or two, a couple of D rings and some inside storage which I didn't think was much to ask - how wrong can you be?
Looked at the Vision Pupa, Vision Atom and Snowbee prestige but none really fitted the bill, also the Patagonia SST which came the closest but unfortunately was wading jacket length.
No other shops are remotely within visiting distance so back to looking on the web which is less satisfactory as on the web the Snowbee Prestige looked a good fit
After a bit of deliberation have decided to order a Diawa Game Jacket as it seems to be the closest to what I am looking for, looking forwards to its arrival on Wednesday
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