Protecting Yourself From The Elements

One of the most essential pieces of equipment a fisherman can have, besides a fishing pole, rain gear. Most fishermen can remember heading home from many fishing trips looking like a drowned rat because they did nit have protection from the rain.

Many fishermen have learned that it is much better to spend a little money and get good rain gear in order to make their fishing trips more enjoyable. If you spend the money on good rain gear, then you should only have to buy one set to last you a very long time. If you want the absolute best rain gear that is available on the market it would help you to see what many tournament anglers are wearing to keep them fishing in the hardest weather.

Some rain gear have a suspender system, which takes the weight of the bibs off your shoulders, and you do not get that rain suit fatigue over a day's time. Many suits come with more features than you would think could be packed into a couple pieces of apparel. With both the parka and the bibs coming with Gore-Tex laminated four-forty heavy duty nylon outer shell with sealed seams makes it about as durable of a material as you can find in a rain suit, and it still remains breathable. A thick outer shell is not the only protection against wind and rain though, because it also has double storm flaps, one with velcro to keep even the strongest wind from finding its way through the parka.

One thing that you will want to look for in a rain suit is something to protect the neck and chin. If you are cruising across a lake and your rain suit does not have one, then your hood is just a big funnel for raindrops. A neck and chin wrap keeps that rain from shooting down your neck and straight into places that you would rather not get wet and cold. To keep the head protected, the parkas have a visor and face guard with an adjustable chin cover. The hoods can be detached or tucked into the collar for warm weather use on many different rain gear, and their collars have a comfort fleece feature so it will not chafe your face when you have got it zipped up.

Many of the parkas also come with two front gear pockets piggy-backed over fleece-lined hand warmer pocket, and they have reinforced Cordura elbows, adjustable outer cuffs, and neoprene inner cuffs so water can not get in through your sleeves. The bibs of many rain suits do an equally good job of deterring nasty weather, because they are constructed of the same materials as the parka, the bibs feature a twenty-inch fully gusseted front. The bottoms have both zippers and thick velcro to keep it tight around your boots and to allow you to unzip them and take the bibs off without removing your boots. Reinforced kneepads allow for heavy use and a handy pocket gives you more space to stuff important gear.

One of the best features of the bibs, besides the fact that they are impervious to violent weather, are the H-back suspenders. With many bibs, you have suspenders that do not stay in place, but with the H-back suspenders, they stay right were they are supposed to be. They also are made of a stretch material so they are comfortable to fish in without excess binding.

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