Wading Jacket or Chest/hip pack?

cabelas carries a columbia rain destoryer wading jacket for 100 bucks.  It looks good and got good reviews I think I'm going to pick one up

I think you're lying dru

I found a Patagonia deep wading jacket on sale--worth the money
 
hip packs.......I have been using a Pacific Outdoors Ballard  for over a year now........very good....but, it is only waterproof when you close the zipper.......HA HA   it holds 3-4 fly boxes, shots, dry fly powder, tippets and I put my camera in the front pocket.......
 
vinny
 
 

loom,

actually i have not managed to bust that up yet.

bought a couple rod cases too...finally broke down and did it, was tired of paying for repairs

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loom,

actually i have not managed to bust that up yet.

bought a couple rod cases too...finally broke down and did it, was tired of paying for repairs

Just curious but who does your repairs?

ORIGINAL: Loomis

ORIGINAL: dru2112

loom,

actually i have not managed to bust that up yet.

bought a couple rod cases too...finally broke down and did it, was tired of paying for repairs

Just curious but who does your repairs?

i know you do repairs dude.  i have been forced to send rods back to st croix in wisconsin because that has been the only way for me to get one of their rods fixed.




edit:  i'm also just curious as to why my message above about the redington has been edited by other means other than myself?

i rock the jacket pretty much year round as well. I have an ll bean that i bought a year or so ago that has held up well.  Its light, but if its cold, I just layer.  I wore it through a blizzard in erie on december 29th or so and it held up fine.
 
http://www.llbean.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/CategoryDisplay?page=emerger-wading-jacket&categoryId=40375&storeId=1&catalogId=1&langId=-1&parentCategory=503878&cat4=9963&shop_method=pp&feat=9963-sub2&np=Y

I second the vote for the LLBean. for the $, it's tough to beat. And they back it up w/ a satisfaction gaurantee.
not as loaded with features as some others, but maybe that's a good thing.
 

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Simms makes the best jackets and waders out of any distributor.  You just need to actually spend the money and buy the stuff with gore tex made in America.  160 for a wading jacket isn't gonna cut it.

 
$160 isn't gonna cut it? Mine was $80. I stay dry, my sleeves stay dry, it has big pockets and room for a lot, and it hasn't ripped. The kid's 17. what do you expect him to pay for a jacket?

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I bought a Simms last year on closeout at Cabela's $80.00. Good looking jacket, but for being originally priced at 160.00 I thought it would be better quality wise. It's junk, learned my lesson on buying for the sake of the name on the tag. I like my vest, probably because thats what i've been using for the past 15 years and it's comfortable. wear the jacket for looks.

my guess is you got the "invest" or "freesone" jacket, which are rainshells.... not a wading jacket

On Sierra the Patagonia SST is about 200$. Is that the best that you can get? I like how some of the Fishpond chespacks are but they are about 120$. It seems to me that the jacket would be alot more versatile for an Erie steelhead fisherman. I will be getting out alot and I do fish in the nasty stuff.

I had a Patagonia deep wading jacket (shorter version of the SST)
it wasn't right for me... didn't like the cuffs, fabic felt too thin, pockets weren't what i needed

i moved to a cloudviel 8x


make sure you can return... if you do mail order

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ORIGINAL: silverbeast

Simms makes the best jackets and waders out of any distributor.  You just need to actually spend the money and buy the stuff with gore tex made in America.  160 for a wading jacket isn't gonna cut it.

That's a bunch of ****. Seriously.

I own some Simms gear and it works fine. As far as quality goes simms is very good, but there are other brands that are just as good.

What do you own?  Gloves and a hat?  Iv'e owned a lot of "good" gear that lasts me one fishing season, William and Joseph for one....ruined everything in one year. Nothing has been better to me than Simms.  In posting stuff about Simms iv'e noticed before people seem to get roused because they can't justify paying so much money for it or cant afford it. I can and in my personal opinion....it lasts, is quality, and has the best service out of any wader I have ever owned so I will attest to them being the best.

What company do u think is just as good as Simms?  Just wondering.....

Simms is good stuff, no doubt about it, but they are not immune to problems, either. and it's hard to explain the price tag on some of their stuff. i think you can find good stuff that works as well and fits a budget, it just takes more legwork and trial and error. Although a $600 G4 (or G5, or whatever) with 10 layers of gore-tex and a built in ball tickler sounds nice, too. 

I have a sticker. Its the best sticker from any distributer.