Made from a featherweight, stain-repellent, honeycomb fabric and balanced across the shoulders by Columbia’s patented Cushioned Comfort System, the Henry’s Fork V Fly Vest features 12 pockets including a 12” square rear cargo-pocket and a zipped inner-compartment. To the front are both zipped and Velcroed bellows-pockets specifically designed to hold everything from fly-boxes to a flotant bottle plus a retractable rod butt holder. On each side you’ll find a triangular anchor-point for accessories and, on the right, a windowed compartment for permit-display or similar. Front-fastening is by a simple, low-profile thumb-clip. The one and only glitch – for me anyway – was the rather tricky removal of my landing-net from the vest’s rear net-clip, but this may be a net problem rather than a vest problem – or a ‘me’ problem! Perhaps I don’t get enough practice…
Close inspection of the Columbia Henry’s Fork V Fly Vest finds it to be very well made and actually wearing it is a pleasure I can recommend; I now wade out confident of having everything I need securely to hand. It’s available in small – XL and can be purchased on-line for £89.99 through Farlows, and other reputable companies.
Go to www.columbiasportswear.co.uk to see the Columbia website.
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