Kudos to Fly Fisherman's 2026 Gear Guide Award Winners

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Sure, fly fishing has fly tying, entomology, casting, literature, and a thousand other facets, but one of the most interesting subsets of the sport might be the business of fly fishing. From fly lines to fly reels and tungsten beads and genetic hackle, it’s pretty clear that this sport has produced many completely novel products and businesses.

These new products are the whole reason we produce this annual Gear Guide—there are always innovations that can make your fishing experience more fulfilling. We love learning about the technology and especially about the people behind these new products and ideas. That’s why we bring you our annual Gear Guide Award Winners. 

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Best New Freshwater Fly Rod: Sage Classic R8

The modern era of fly fishing is punctuated by wild species in exotic places, big flies, tungsten beads and cones, and sinking lines. Fly fishers have been pushing the envelope farther and farther every decade—so much so that the very definition of fly fishing is sometimes called into question.

But the beating heart of fly fishing still is, and always will be, trout fishing. It’s that slow-paced chess game where the trout are steadily rising to dry flies, and you’ve got the patience and experience you need to figure out what the trout are feeding on, and consider a strategic position to make the perfect presentation. It doesn’t always work, but that’s the game.

If you’re the type who walks past tiddlers looking for the trout, or you prefer to relax on the bank waiting for the hatch and for the big fish to show themselves, the new Sage Classic R8 might be a perfect match for your style of fishing.

The moderate action and very specific performance parameters of accuracy, range, and pace coincide perfectly with dry-fly fishing for rising trout. Everything you do—and everything this rod does—is very calculated, intentional, and above all unhurried.

Sage used its Revolution 8 graphite material to create a deep-loading rod with a great amount of feel and feed-back both while casting and fighting fish. Revolution 8 graphite has a high carbon fiber density and a relatively low amount of resin to create a rod that is lighter—a modern aesthetic—but with a deep-bending, soulful feel that may remind you of another era.

However, with these modern designs and materials there is none of the “wobble” or other downsides of actual old-fashioned rods. They track straight, help you put the fly right where you need it, and allow you to control your fly line for the best drifts. You just need to slow down a little and enjoy it.

These are close- to medium-range dry-fly rods in weights 3 through 6 with seven models in lengths 8 through 9 feet. You won’t want to throw 6-inch streamers with these or do Euro anything, but if you want to put a #16 PMD right in the lane of a nodding trout 40 feet away, the Classic R8 is magic.

The blanks are an old school Sage brown color. The thread wraps are a rich chestnut base with beige trim wraps. The Classic R8 has all-modern Sage components with super-slick chrome snake guides and tip-top, a silicone carbide-insert stripping guide, machined aluminum uplocking real seat with a walnut wood insert, and snub-nosed half-wells cork handle. The rods come in a black rod bag with tie cord inside an aluminum tube.

$975 | tcoflyfishing.com

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Best New Saltwater Rod: Thomas & Thomas Exocett 88

A couple of things set the new Exocett 88 (and previous Exocett iterations) apart from most other rods in this category. First, they are all 8'8" which makes them feel lighter and quicker than their more common 9-foot counterparts. They also have greater lifting power and this length makes for better boat rods. I also like the way Exocett 88s are labeled, which is according to the grain weight of the recommended line. The 8-weight Exocett 88 for instance is labeled 8WT/250gr to give a clear perspective on the line the rod designers intended. Many 8-weight lines these days are 1.5 or 2 times heavy, so the grain weight recommendation is a little more informative.

This is ostensibly a big game rod, not just for saltwater but also for freshwater pursuits where you are chasing large, powerful fish from a boat. The “lifting power” I mentioned previously isn’t just for controlling fish, it’s for lifting heaving sinking lines from the depths, specifically when you are lifting those lines with large wind- and water-resistant flies. It might seem like a small thing, but it can greatly reduce fatigue and help you get the next cast out there quicker. This makes it a perfect tool for fishing large bunker flies in the rips for striped bass, or anytime you are fishing for big fish down deep.

I used the 10WT/350 grain Exocett 88 for a week in Brazil with my friend Rodrigo Salles for payaras. We used Scientific Anglers Sonar Jungle/Tropical Custom Cut fly lines to probe the depths of the Rio Xingu with bulky 8- to 10-inch black swimming flies tied by Alan Pereira. The rods were the perfect high-performance tools to deal with powerful fish and big flies on a massive river. The 4-piece rods are built with Thomas & Thomas’s proprietary multi-modulus carbon and S-Glass layups and are finished with a “T&T Blue” semi-gloss finish. They have titanium-frame stripping guides with ceramic inserts, Recoil titanium alloy snake guides, a matte gunmetal anodized aluminum reel seat, and a 7-inch full wells grip with a cork-composite nose and heel for durability. The fighting butt is also cork composite.

$995-$1,045 | tridentflyfishing.com

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Best New Freshwater Fly Reel: Ross Cimarron LT

The new Cimarron LT is a lighter, more refined adaptation of Ross’s legendary Cimarron. It’s been rebuilt, with more aggressive porting to cut weight. There’s a machined aluminum drag knob instead of the Cerakote drag knob found on the regular Cimarron, and it has an improved composite-disk drag system with a smooth range that can protect 7X tippets and still pour on the power when you’re doing battle with heavy trout hooked on streamers in fast water. A Cimarron Ridge landscape is milled into the frame. Sizes are 4/5, 5/6, 7/8, and the reel is available in Ross’s core matte colors black, platinum, blue, and olive.

$399 | mayflyoutdoors.com

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Best New Saltwater Reel: Abel SDX

Big dreams, big adventures, and big fish—that’s what the new Abel SDX is intended for. This high-capacity large-arbor reel has the fastest line pickup of any Abel reel in history, with 15.5" of line pickup per rotation in the SDX 9/11 model (5" diameter) and 17.5" per rotation in the SDX 12/14 (5.5" diameter). Both have spools 1.165" wide. With the SDX you can pick up line faster than ever before when a big fish is running at you, and you can exert maximum pressure and maximum control when you’re in the throes of battle.

The 12/14 ($1,299) weighs 11.05 ounces and is built for tuna, marlin, makos, and sailfish in open water. The 9/11 ($1,199) is just 10.5 ounces and can handle tarpon, arapaima, and roosterfish, and it’s a perfect size to handle Skagit lines for steelhead and salmon. Both can handle 400 yards of 50-pound-test gel-spun backing plus a fly line. We’ve got the new 9/11 spooled up and ready to tackle GTs at St. Brandon’s Atoll.

The sealed drag system is based on the famed Abel Sealed Drag Saltwater (SDS), with alternating stacked carbon and stainless-steel disks for smooth, powerful drag tension. The fully caged frame is rigid and lightweight for intense saltwater combat and is available either ported or solid. Available colors include Gloss Black, Deep Blue, Deep Green, or Platinum, or any of Abel’s custom hand-painted finishes at an upcharge.

$1,199-$1,299 | mayflyoutdoors.com

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Best New Waders: Patagonia Swiftcurrent Waders

I used Patagonia’s new Swiftcurrent Traverse waders on a weeklong December trip to Argentina, where we waded icy rivers in an alpine national park with hanging glaciers, pushed through the endemic thorns and brambles on the hot and dry Patagonian Steppe, and plowed through thickets of invasive willows on the Rio Corcovado as it wound its way toward the Chilean boundary. They stood up to another 10 months of this on Pennsylvania’s thorn-riddled streams.

The Traverse is just one element of a completely new Swiftcurrent series that includes Men’s Expedition ($699), Expedition Zip Front ($799), Traverse Zip Front ($549), Women’s Expedition Zip Front ($799) and Traverse ($499). For men, the Traverse is zipped, for women the only zipped model is the Expedition.

The most significant difference between the Expedition and the Traverse is the weight of the fabric package. The Expedition is built from lightweight 5.1 oz. material in the upper wader to reduce bulk and 9.5 oz. 5-layer material in the lower wader—from the hips down—to make a tough, durable wader for extremely punishing conditions or for daily guide wear.

The Traverse is made from the same 4-layer, 5.1 oz. H2No material package throughout the wader so it’s lighter, more agile and mobile, and more breathable for long hikes on hot days. Both waders are made without using perfluorinated chemicals (PFAs) in the exterior durable water repellent treatment. Both have a gusseted crotch with an articulated seat and legs for a wide comfortable range of movement, and the whole series has been repatterned to reduce seam stress and increase durability and repairability. Both have heavy-duty scuff guards inside the cuffs to prevent wear and tear.

Both zipped versions have the same submersible YKK front zipper and the same slick, adjustable, quick-release suspender system for easy chest-to-waist-high conversion. On hot, dusty days in the Southern Hemisphere it was easy to slide the tops down and wear them as pants. On the interior, the Traverse has a large, quick-access drop-in stretch pocket and a zippered security stretch pocket for things like wallet and keys. On the outside there are two zippered stretch stash pockets for fly boxes, and multiple tool attachment tabs. For light and fast adventures, you could skip a pack altogether.

The Expedition Zip Front has two exterior handwarmer pockets with zip flaps for back-of-hand comfort and also two zippered stash chest pockets for fishing tools and fly boxes. Inside there is a removable waterproof pocket, a stretch zippered pocket, and a quick-access drop-in pocket. The regular Expedition has the same storage inside, the same handwarmer pockets, but a single large centered outside zipped storage pocket. Expedition waders also have removable interior foam knee pads.

For men there are three different wader models in 24 sizes. For women there are two different models in 13 sizes from XSS to 2 RM. The Women’s Expedition is only available as a zip front and has the same removable foam knee pads and removable waterproof interior pocket as the men’s version. The fit and the sizing are the only differences. All the materials and functionality are identical—there is no pink trim or “female colors” of any type. Both Men’s and Women’s Expedition waders are Basin Green.

The Women’s Traverse Waders are River Rock Green and have an extra-large, zippered stretch chest pocket on the outside with plenty of room for fly boxes. The interior pockets are the same as the Men’s Traverse.

$549-$899 | tcoflyfishing.com

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Best New Wading Boots: Skwala RS Wading Boots

After many years of design, field trials, and redesign, Skwala is finally stepping into the footwear category with two all-new wading boots: the RS Boot and the Carbon Boot. Skwala has been “kicking it” with waders and outerwear since its start in early 2022, and now for the first time has a complete fly-fishing kit that includes the important foundation of every adventure: how you get there. “This launch is a major moment for us,” said Kevin Sloan, Skwala founder and CEO. “We’ve built our brand around solving real problems for serious anglers, and now we’re extending that same ethos to footwear. These boots are designed from the ground up to meet the unique challenges of wading and walking.”

Skwala has two product families that extend across waders, jackets, and now boots. In Skwala parlance, RS means maximum durability, robust performance, and top-tier technology to take on the most challenging kinds of conditions. Carbon products are built around the “light and fast” ethos for maximum mobility, speed, and comfort.

The RS Wading Boot delivers maximum support and traction when navigating unforgiving terrain. It is double lasted with a fully molded toe cap, and a tall ankle collar built from engineered mesh. Underfoot, a dual-layer ESS rock plate provides rigidity and protection, but still allows you to feel the riverbed. This ESS rock plate is the same flexible plastic foundation used in many high-performance trail-running shoes. The Vibram IdroGrip outsole has Skwala’s custom-designed tri-tiered traction lugs to aid stability on irregular river bottom terrain. The boots have removable OrthoLite insoles and a glass-impregnated D-ring lacing system to minimize friction and extend lace life. Think of those slippery ceramic inserts on your fly rod stripping guide.

$329 | skwalafishing.com

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Best New Freshwater Line: Scientific Anglers Magnitude Infinity Clear Float & Trout Expert Clear Float

In early May I did a weeklong trip to the Florida Keys to fish for tarpon. I fished for five days, each day with a different guide. Every single guide recommended I use their setup already rigged in the rod holder, and each one said the critical element was not the rod and reel or even the fly, but the Scientific Anglers Magnitude Tarpon Clear Float ($179.95) line. They already liked the taper from previous Scientific Anglers Tarpon lines, they liked the stiffness, the way it shoots through the guides, and the lack of tangles on the casting deck. But primarily what they liked was the stealthy clarity. They witnessed daily that big tarpon would swim right under it and not get spooked. Even if the fly line landed in their field of vision—sometimes necessary to swim the fly in a crossing path in front of them—the fish would rarely react. With their regular clients who don’t always have their line in exactly the right place, they feel it’s now a necessity. In tournaments with the very best anglers it doesn’t give them an edge—most of the winners are using it—but it’s a tool they cannot give up if they hope to compete with the other top guns.

Now, Scientific Anglers is bringing that same kind of clear technology to trout fishermen with the Magnitude Infinity Clear Float and Magnitude Trout Expert Clear Float. Textured versions are in white boxes and smooth versions are in teal boxes.

Infinity Clear Float lines are the same half-size-heavy taper as regular Infinity lines and have a 47- to 52-foot head (depending on line weight) for long casts and line control at a distance. When there’s no hatch, this is a versatile line for nymphing and throwing streamers.

The Trout Expert Clear Float line is true to weight, which means it follows the American Fly Fishing Trade Association (AFFTA) guidelines for line weights. For a 5-weight, the first 30 feet should weigh about 140 grains. If you are strictly match-the-hatch dry-fly fishing with small or medium flies, you don’t need the extra weight of an Infinity taper. True to weight is also better on some rods with more traditional actions. They don’t need extra weight to bend and load them properly.

Infinity Clear Float lines are available with a 10-foot clear tip or a clear head. The rear of the line is a buckskin color. A 10-foot clear tip is basically a 10-foot extension of your leader. With an entire clear head, the whole working length of the fly line—most of what you have on the water—is clear. Both the smooth and textured Trout Expert lines are available with only a 10-foot clear tip, and the rear is a stealth sage green color.

We used both the Infinity Clear Float and the Trout Expert Clear Float on cool April days when the mornings started crisp and Blue Quills and Quill Gordons hatched in the warm afternoons. I was worried with cold starting temperatures that the line might be coiled with memory loops but it was fine, and the slick, stiff line shot like an arrow.

The manufacturer recommends these lines for temperatures above 50 degrees. They might not be the best for actual winter fishing but for most trout fishing conditions they are ideal. Given how the Magnitude Tarpon Clear Float performed in the Florida Keys, I suspect these clear trout lines might hold up better in hot summer temperatures than many other trout fly lines.

Historically, Scientific Anglers fly lines are often a polyvinyl chloride coating over a braided multifilament core. Tiny glass spheres in the coating make the line float. But with those tiny spheres and an opaque core, it was impossible to make a clear floating line.

This new generation of Magnitude Clear Float lines have a clear monofilament core and a dual-polymer coating called Duracoat. The inside polymer layer makes the line supple with low memory, and the polymer on the outside is harder for slickness and abrasion resistance. The polymers used to make the line are naturally buoyant, so there’s no need to add air bubbles or glass spheres to make the line float. The lines have Scientific Anglers EST+ slickness additive, welded loops, and SA Line ID printed on the line tip so you can quickly identify the line after it has been removed from the box and is on your reel.

Do you need this line for blue-lining for brook trout in the Appalachians or for alpine cutthroats in the Rockies? Probably not. You can also effectively use a highly visible line to throw hoppers or Salmonfly imitations from a drift boat, or drift weighted nymphs below an indicator.

But in highly technical situations and on pressured waters where the fish see a lot of fly lines, going into invisible stealth mode gives you a distinct advantage. I expect to see a lot more of these lines in use on Silver Creek, the West Branch of the Dela-ware, the Henry’s Fork, and similar fisheries in the near future. —Ross Purnell

$149.95 Smooth, $179.95 Textured | scientificanglers.com

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Best New Saltwater Fly Line: Airflo Superflo Max Ridge 2.0 Clear Flats Universal

Options, options, and more options. Each angler is an individual, we have different preferences, we use different flies, fish for different species, and fish in a range of temperatures and conditions throughout the year. There is no one perfect line for everyone, but with enough options, every fly fisher in 2026 can find a line that is perfect for them.

Airflo has new technology called Elevate Elite in its all-new line of Superflo Max floating lines for 2026. This completely new formulation doesn’t just improve the buoyancy of the polyurethane lines, it makes them more UV-resistant, more durable (less cracking), and gives Airflo more control over how supple (or stiff) the fly line is for different temperature ranges. Also due to that new formulation, each Superflo Max line moves through the extruder with less resistance for smoother diameter transitions and this allows Airflo to narrow down the rear of the lines into thinner, lighter running lines for longer shooting casts.

This new technology is the one defining constant of all the new Superflo Max lines, but then there are all those options I previously mentioned. With Superflo Max Ridge 2.0 Universal lines, you can choose from all-clear ($149), clear tip ($149), or blue/gray color ($129). You can also choose between the Ridge 2.0 version (shown here) or a Smooth version for $99.

$149 | mayflyoutdoors.com

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Best New Fishing Packs: Patagonia Stealth Switch Packs 3L, 5L, 9L

The new Stealth Switch Packs from Patagonia are lightweight, minimalist, super functional, and above all flexible. Each pack has everything you need for a pack of that size, and nothing more—no useless bells and whistles. And every pack is adaptable so you can use it different ways on different days. The multipurpose 3L Stealth Switch Pack fastens easily to your wader straps for use as a slim chest pack, or to your wader belt as a hip pack. You can also clip it to a bar or strap on your raft. There are hemostat and zinger docks on the sides of the pack, a roomy main zipper pocket, two stretch zip pockets sized for tippet spools, a foam fly patch, and an embedded magnet on the top to temporarily hold flies while you’re rigging.

The 5L has more capacity—obviously—and more lash points and docking stations. It has two zippered compartments for fly boxes—each one has stretch mesh pockets inside to keep you organized. The front zippered panel folds out to 45 degrees and makes a great workstation. Although the same type of buckling lashes allow it to work as both a standalone chest or hip pack, it also has a removable neck strap to help distribute the weight when used in either position. I especially like the 5L pack integrated into a larger system, like clipping it to the outside of a backpack for long-range excursions.

I used the Stealth Switch Pack 9L on a trip to Patagonia, where I needed large volume in a single pack for longer hikes into remote regions of a national park and across large estancias. The sling pack converts into a hip pack, and the same system allows you to easily switch the sling from left to right shoulder setup and to access the water bottle holder from either side.

In sling mode, a stretch mesh pocket on the shoulder strap holds a phone, and there’s also a hemo and zinger dock to help keep your tools up front. The main interior has four large stretch compartments and a foam fly patch, and there’s another smaller zippered compartment for optimum organization. The packs are available in three colors, River Rock Green, Bundle Green, and Forge Grey. River Rock Green (with blue trim) is shown here. — Ross Purnell

3L $59, 5L $99, 9L $149 | tcoflyfishing.com

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Best New Wading Pant: Simms Latitude Bicomp Bottom

For many decades, trout guides in New Zealand have been wearing synthetic tights on their legs for agility, flexibility, and protection from the sun, nettles, and insects. A pair of baggy shorts over top completes the outfit, pro-viding pockets and ensuring you don’t end up looking like a male ballet dancer who got lost on a trout stream.

Twenty years ago, this was a novel look, but these days it’s everywhere. Turn on the TV and you’ll see NBA players wearing shorts with ankle-length tights underneath to pre-vent chafing and provide support.

Simms grabbed this idea for wet wading and made a fully integrated shorts/tights system with UPF50+ sun protection called the Latitude Bicomp Bottom. It has an elastic waist-band with a drawcord and external belt loops just in case you want a belt for holding tools like pliers. The mesh pockets drain water easily, and the tights are lighter and lose water quicker than pants—plus you don’t have the annoying flapping of loose material in the wind and current. The shorts have a 5" inseam and leggings a 28" inseam in sizes small through 3XL.

I wore the Latitude Bicomp Bottom for a week of fishing in July at Pluma Lodge in Bolivia. Unlike pants, they are super flexible and mobile, which is crucial when you are crawling over logs, negotiating massive boulders, swimming the river, or hiking miles to meet a helicopter. Those old Kiwi guides came to a very practical solution for athletic fishing in hot weather. In our group of 12 anglers, most of us had a pair of Latitude Bicomp Bottoms, and the reviews were overwhelmingly enthusiastic. The Latitude Bicomp Bottom is perfect for jungle fishing in South America anytime you are fishing on foot. Its DNA comes from New Zealand, but its most common use will likely be on tropical saltwater flats. With skiff fishing, pants are fine, but in places like Mauritius, the Seychelles, or some places in the Bahamas and Mexico where wading is the best way to access skinny-water gamefish, the Latitude Bicomp Bottom gives you greater mobility and athleticism. —Ross Purnell

$130 | simmsfishing.com

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Best New Pack Raft: NRS Riffle

The new Riffle pack raft from NRS weighs just 10 pounds and rolls into a very packable 22"x18"x11.5" so you can carry it for backcountry adventures. Inflated, the raft is 8 feet long, 39 inches wide, with a capacity of 350 pounds. Translation: you can haul this little one-person craft for miles and make the most remote inaccessible waters your own fishing playgrounds.

The NRS Riffle has a tube diameter of 11", one air chamber, and a Bravo valve for quick and easy inflation. The tube is dual TPU-coated 420D nylon, and the self-bailing floor is dual TPU-coated 840D nylon. The removable floor insert—which sits on top of the self-bailing floor to keep you dry—is dual TPU-coated 150D nylon. There is also a full-length inflatable seat that adjusts to three different positions so you can get the most comfortable position for your body type. You can also fold the back rest all the way down for an elevated fishing platform in calm water.

The construction is what sets this pack raft apart, NRS used its extensive background in whitewater rafting and built this little solo craft to be indestructible with seams that are overlapped, RF welded, and internally taped.

You can haul tons of gear with the NRS Riffle, there are 1" nylon webbing loops in the bow and stern for a safety line or attachment points for personal gear. There’s also a lash-tab ladder on the interior bow side for additional gear attachments. The inflatable floor was designed with cut-out spaces for reels behind the seat, so your rods can stay rigged and out of the way while you paddle.

A single TIZIP stern closure allows you to store extra gear inside the tubes, and inside there are two internal, welded fabric lash tabs to secure the gear in place and maintain the boat balance on multi-day trips.

It’s tough, thoughtfully designed by fly fishers, and available to consumers in February 2026.

$1,195 | nrs.com

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Green Award: Airflo Sustain Fly Lines

Here’s a dirty little secret: There is a great amount of waste involved in fly line production. Every company out there charges a premium for their best lines and they have very strict quality standards. Many lines—particularly at the start of a production run—might not be exactly the right color, they have slight blemishes, or the line ID has an error or is not readable. The lines are not perfect, but they don’t deserve to go in the trash. Airflo Sustain fly lines are factory seconds of Airflo’s most popular lines. They may have color bleed where the colors transition, they may have black dots or other cosmetic imperfections, but they are new and slick, perfectly castable, and they have loops and all the functionality of the regular lines. They are completely fishable and cost half as much as the regular lines. The lines are PVC free, the line weight and model are printed on the brown unbleached cardboard box, and the lines are merely coiled on their inside to reduce packaging. They are not wound into a spool.

The lines are sold “as is” from fly shops and are not returnable or under any type of warranty from the manufacturer.

As always, when you are done with them the lines are recyclable through Airflo’s TerrraCycle program and participating U.S. fly shops.

50% Off Regular Price | airflousa.com

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Green Award: Simms Midstream Hooded Jacket

Performance, environmental awareness, and sustainability are three key aspects to the Simms Midstream Hooded Jacket.

Lavalan, a European-based wool manufacturer, pro-cures wool sources from various European shepherds and farmers. They take pride in their products being sustainable with a low carbon footprint. Their wool has fully traceable origins and the husbandry of the sheep is kept to a strict standard. This results in healthy animals that grow superior wool.

Using a corn-based PLA (polylactic acid plastic) the jacket body is a mapped 60-gram, 80% virgin wool, 20% PLA insulation blend called Lavalan Sport that is renowned in outdoor garments for its fine and dense wool fibers. The sleeves use the same material with a 40-gram, 70% virgin wool, 30% PLA blend that allows for more movement and creates less bulk. These blends retain and regulate body heat, wick moisture, naturally combat odors, stretch and move with you, and at the end of their prod-uct life are biodegradable.

C0 DWR is a non-fluorinated, PFC-free (perfluorocarbon) and PFAS-free (polyfluoroalkyl substances, aka “forever chemicals”) water-repellent finish used to coat the exterior abrasion-resistant nylon shell that is environmentally friendly and poses no health risks to humans. The interior liner is a nylon and Spandex blend that flexes and includes two mesh dump pockets for gear and fly boxes. On the exterior, two YKK Conceal zippered chest pockets and hand pockets give additional storage.

An adjustable hood keeps you warm when the elements get nasty but it won’t block your peripheral vision. Lycra-finished cuffs allow for easy layering and won’t grab your fleece or base layer. An adjustable drawcord hem keeps the wind at bay.

When damp and cold conditions prevail, the natural powers of Lavalan wool and new plant-based DWRs in the Midstream Hooded Jacket will keep you warm and dry, while not poisoning our rivers and your body. —Dennis Pastucha

$269.95 | simmsfishing.com

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