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Fishing Vests – Choosing a fly Fishing Vest

Fly fishing vests are an all-important part of your fly fishing arsenal. With the different styles of fishing such as dry fly and wet fly, to carry gear for each style required can become quite a load. A quality fly fishing vest should keep all your tools and extras organised and within easy reach, and in doing so make each outing an enjoyable and hopefully memorable experience.

For instance a days outing on a remote river requires that you carry a certain amount of gear. The fishing could change from fishing fast water where you are fishing with a heavy nymph, or to clear deep pools using a sinking line and streamer fly. Also likely to encounter are back eddies and shallow pools where one could use a floating line and fish a dry fly. All of these circumstances require contrasting lines and flies. Its tough to be caught out by finding the trout suddenly coming on to a dry fly and all you have no floating lines with you.

Depending on the time you have you may also want to carry some nourishment. Should I spend a day on the river I would usually take lunch, a small billy and gas cooker if the area to be fished was in a fire restricted area. Also foul weather gear and spare clothing in the way of light weight but warm polypropelene shirt, socks and leggings. All of this gear requires a serious, good quality fly fishing vest.

Not only is the fly fishing vest a great way to keep everthing organized, but also verifys that you have everything you need. Keeping your vest in order and stocked will ensure you have all you need next time you go fishing. Get used to keeping the same things in each pocket so you can unconciously locate whatever it is you desire. Most vests these days have a multitude of pockets and compartments for whatever it is you need. Camera pouch, cell phone compartments, sunglasses, fly boxes, the list goes on.

Most people will have need for different fly vests. Myself I have two, one I use for fishing from a boat, canoe or where i know what to expect such as local lakes rivers an streams. This is a light weight vest for equipment such as small tools, fly boxes, leaders, a perhaps a spare spool. The other extreme is a full day pack / vest that can hold various reels, lines and implements for a long day hike.

Obviously the fishing vest you choose will suit your style of fishing, be prepared to spend a little extra and opt for quality vests such as a simms fishing vest, Like the rest of your fly equipment good quality will give years of enjoyment and fond memories.

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