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| Patagonia Stealth Atom Sling Pack |
Was out on the river yesterday… Ah to be wet wading again! But I noticed one serious flaw in my gear scenario - one that I have noticed before but done nothing to fix. Well the time for procrastination died after dunking my fanny pack, once again, into the river. I am now going to remedy the situation.
I’m not a vest guy. A while back I decided that they were too restrictive, especially when wearing a lot of clothing. Trying to put one over a coat can be a chore and then once you got it on, you feel all bound up, and that’s not ideal. So I moved on to the fanny pack, which I like well enough for most situations. It holds all my flies and tippet and so on, just fine.
When I started steelheading more, I found that I could keep everything I needed in my waders. So joyful is the simplicity of stepping into the river with only a few flies and a small spool of maxima 12 lb. It’s nice to be limber - which is exactly what you are when you can finally strip off the waders and feel the river on your skin. After all, who wants to hike and fish while sweating and turning into a sloppy mess during the height of summer?
