Help With Fly Fishing Fedora ...

[johnnycanuck]

Both links I have listed I have bought from. Never had a problem with either.

http://www.hatsdirect.com/cgi/products.cgi?view=61&returncat=Fedora+Hats&returnpage=0

http://www.everythingaustralian.com.au/shopexd.asp?id=535&ccode=1590&cat_id=2

Johnny

 

[Doctor Strange]

Johnny, it looks like we're on the same page! (Great Akubra-wearers think alike!)

 

[RBH]

:eusa_clap fedoralover, thats a sweet panama! :eusa_clap

 

[J.T.Marcus]

Here's the answer:

Originally Posted by Michaelshane
Strat...makes a great fishing hat...after work today.

 

[shortbow]

Strat or OR. No contest. Been fly fishing in one for thirty years. In fact, I'm wearing a beat 50 year old OR right now as I get ready to head out. Today's the day for a three pound Kamloops rainbow. Chironomids are hatching like crazy. If you get stuck, and they'll fit, I have a couple of old hats you can have for the postage. Let me know. 7-71/8 ish.

 

[dhermann1]

I shamelessly love any opportunity to repost the picture of my granddad fishing some time in the early 1930's. Note, not only a fedora, but a white shirt and bow tie. Formal fishing.

 

["Skeet" McD]

I shamelessly love any opportunity to repost the picture of my granddad fishing some time in the early 1930's. Note, not only a fedora, but a white shirt and bow tie. Formal fishing.

And you just KEEP posting it....I'll be very happy to look at it any time. Great shot, and of course...he wasn't alone, nor, probably, did he think of it as "formal." Just well dressed, and showing respect for the activity itself and his fellow fishermen.

"Skeet"

 

[dhermann1]

Glad you like it. I should reduce it, it's a little over sized. You can see what a skinny little guy he was, being a former jockey. 5' 5", never more than 95 lbs his whole life. OT: Only a few years after this shot (1938) he fell off a horse while exercising it at Belmont Park. The break never healed properly and his leg was amputated in 1939. Don't let anybody kid you, horse racing is by FAR the most dangerous of all sports.

 

[Atticus Finch]

For almost twenty years my freshwater flyfisning hat has been a Quaker Marine fedora similar to this one.

http://quakermarine.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=71&products_id=210

Mine is actually a Quaker Marine Mountain Walker, which is exactly like this hat except that it lacks a liner.

Atticus

 

[carter]

Glad you like it. I should reduce it, it's a little over sized. You can see what a skinny little guy he was, being a former jockey. 5' 5", never more than 95 lbs his whole life. OT: Only a few years after this shot (1938) he fell off a horse while exercising it at Belmont Park. The break never healed properly and his leg was amputated in 1939. Don't let anybody kid you, horse racing is by FAR the most dangerous of all sports.

Fabulous Picture, dhermann!
Did your granddad continue to fish after his accident? Those guys were tough.

 

[dhermann1]

Fabulous Picture, dhermann!
Did your granddad continue to fish after his accident? Those guys were tough.

Yes he did. Not with waders, of course. But he always had a small boat. And my grandmother was always a good sport about it.

 

[Chinaski]

I'm sure Shoelessjoe already has his fly-fishing hat, but if you're going to go Akubra you probably should get the Angler. I believe it's Heritage felt with the addition of riveted vent holes. Not a bad looking hat, either.

 

[Pduck]

This is my all time favorite fishing hat picture. Maybe you've seen it:

http://www.thefedoralounge.com/showpost.php?p=744507&postcount=8553

 

[RBH]

This is my all time favorite fishing hat picture. Maybe you've seen it:

http://www.thefedoralounge.com/showpost.php?p=744507&postcount=8553

:eusa_clap Yep.. thats a damn fine hat joe has on by the way!!!!