I’m going sling pack

[WBDluver]

Vest is too hot this time of year, and with my muscular frame it’s hard for me to get my biceps through the openings. Waist packs are good but it sits lower to the water for greater chance of getting gear wet plus, I like to pack a rain jacket. So I have a sling pack coming that I hope bridges the gap.

 

[Rusty Spinner]

I like a sling pack for the saltwater where I need far less gear than for trout. I left the vest days a decade ago and love my chest pack (William Joseph). This time of year with limited hatches and the heat, the sling pack should be all you need.

And not to worry, we won't tell anyone you're too fat to fit in your vest after hiding in your basement eating pizza for four months.

 

[lightenup]

Look, wbdluver finally came out of the closet. Not that there's anything wrong with that.

 

[dcabarle]

Look, wbdluver finally came out of the closet. Not that there's anything wrong with that.

It's about time! I miss him. How'v you been?

 

[lightenup]

It's about time! I miss him. How'v you been?

I don't think you got the joke.

 

[MACFLY]

So you’re getting a man purse. Got it

 

[WBDluver]

I’m secure in my masculinity

 

[Rusty Spinner]

I’m secure in my masculinity

That will change after you buy the man purse.

 

[njcaddis]

Chest pack, fanny pack or sling pack. They are all the same purse, just worn differently.

 

[FIN-ITE 34]

Wear it with pride, Dlover.

 

[hatchman]

I still consider the right vest far superior to the flat brimmed hat millennial inspired man purse , when wade fishing. Theres vented mesh summer vests when it’s too hot . The fly fishing vest invented by Lee Wulff is one of the most perfect fly fishing tools ever made. I know the wanna be cool kids who think they’re posing for a cover shot on fly fishing magazine wouldn’t be caught dead in a vest . Their inner low self esteem and burning desire to be thought of as “cool” and trendy and hate of anything a “ boomer” would wear makes them cling to their stupid sling purse as the modern cool thing to use. I think they look stupid , and are not as practical as the right vest. With a vest everything is right there in front of you in its place when you need it . With the sling purse you have to sling this stupid duffel
Bag from your back to your front and dig through it like a chick looking through her purse . That being said I do have a few chest packs I use when just going light and only going to carry a few things. When in my boat or raft I usually just use a boat bag and carry neither.
Sorry about the long tirade about the sling purse , but the demise of the vest as the iconic thing that it is in fly fishing is ridiculous, and I think
sling purses look stupid. I probably own about 7 or 8 vests of different designs by Orvis , Simms, Fish pond etc and wouldn’t trade one of them for a sling purse. I would cancel your order now WBD before you start
shopping for flat brimmed trucker hats, grow a hipster beard and start hanging out in fair trade only coffee shops in Brooklyn with Moosekid.
The sling purse is the gateway drug to all that. The sling purse will eventually go the way of Bell Bottom pants and Justin Bieber and
Other feeble attempts to feminize our society. Sling purses should only
Be sold in rainbow colors proudly representing the LGBT community from which it came. Lol!

 

[flyman23]

I tried a sling pack a few years back and just as Hatchman stated it was like trying to get something out of your wife's purse. Also, when wading deep, I didn't know it was hanging so low and got everything soaked. After that I picked up a Fish pond vest and am completely satisfied.

 

[WBDluver]

I have vests from Simms and Patagonia. The mesh vests are cooler in hot weather but a pain as things get caught in the mesh trying to dig theM out. The Simms vests I have are nice, but I dont like wearing a sleeveless jacket in July. Embrace change! Get rid of your landline phone, cable TV and VCR. But if your interested, I still have two fenwick S glass rods for sale you might be interested in.

 

[hatchman]

Lol ! I’m all for change , had a cell phone since the 80’s when cell phone bills for one phone was over$500 , now homeless people run around with
Obama phones! You seem offended that I’m trying to dissuade you from
Your recent purchase of your sling duffel purse .Sling purse if you must , but be forewarned that they look stupid and suck compared to the right vest or chest pack . Inform Beetle and Moosekid when you realize they
suck and you put it on EBay or FB marketplace so they can bid against
Each other and you can recoup some of your money , and you can take that money
and trade that Dinghy in your avatar for a Real raft or Driftboat or keep it and change
Your forum name to “ The Dinghymaster! “ lol !

If I remember correctly you used to have a Hyde drift boat, as do I . Now
A sling purse and a Minimalist dinghy ? The desperate attempt to be accepted by the desperate to be cool millennials ( as they live in their parents basements)still won’t accept you into their club , nor would you want to hang there. Beetle has
been trying to get in for years.... lol !

 

[MACFLY]

Vest is too hot this time of year, and with my muscular frame it’s hard for me to get my biceps through the openings. Waist packs are good but it sits lower to the water for greater chance of getting gear wet plus, I like to pack a rain jacket. So I have a sling pack coming that I hope bridges the gap.

I have a new unused fishpond thunderhead submersible sling pack. It retails for 229 yours for 175 shipped

 

[njcaddis]

A purse is a purse is a purse whether you wear it as a sling, on your chest or as a fanny pack. I have all three, but prefer to just carry a fly box and extra 5X tippet.

 

[lightenup]

A purse is a purse is a purse whether you wear it as a sling, on your chest or as a fanny pack. I have all three, but prefer to just carry a fly box and extra 5X tippet.

I have a hip pack...minimal is the way, but a sling pack is an over the shoulder rainbow flag....

 

[njcaddis]

I have a hip pack...minimal is the way, but a sling pack is an over the shoulder rainbow flag....

A hip pack = a fanny pack

 

[Pete]

Going "minimal" is one fly box in your hip pocket. The rest just means you have a shopping addiction. :smiley-sniffer:

If you know the waterbody, you should know which flies to put in the box, and even throw in some extras.

 

[WBDluver]

True Pete, and I wholeheartedly support you guys that never pack a rain jacket so when it starts to rain I have the whole stream to myself. Or net, or forceps, or nippers, or tippet. But if I really want the whole place to myself then I will go and fish the Susquehanna for carp and suckers with hatchman

 

[hatchman]

True Pete, and I wholeheartedly support you guys that never pack a rain jacket so when it starts to rain I have the whole stream to myself. Or net, or forceps, or nippers, or tippet. But if I really want the whole place to myself then I will go and fish the Susquehanna for carp and suckers with hatchman

Anytime. Just leave your partner Beetle at home. Lol!

Don’t get me wrong , I much prefer the Delaware when it’s not swarmed
With drift boats and guys from the Poconos in rubber dinghy’s with sling
Purses. I live about 15 minutes from the West Branch. The Susquehanna is in my front yard and does have some nice smallmouth and walleyes and you might even tie into a Musky that would tow you and your Dinghy
all over , you might want to throw a few Musky flies in your sling duffel Purse .....lol!

 

[lightenup]

Going "minimal" is one fly box in your hip pocket. The rest just means you have a shopping addiction. :smiley-sniffer:

If you know the waterbody, you should know which flies to put in the box, and even throw in some extras.

That's minimalist...come on get you hipster terms correct....My "fanny pack" is more comfortable and cooler in 2 ways than your old fart vests...carries plenty of things and my net.

 

[MACFLY]

I have a new unused fishpond thunderhead submersible sling pack. It retails for 229 yours for 175 shipped

Dluver I believe I have made you an offer. A response is expected. Please let’s maintain the decorum we have always had here on NEFF.

 

[MACFLY]

Dluver I believe I have made you an offer. A response is expected. Please let’s maintain the decorum we have always had here on NEFF.

Dammit answer me man!!!!

 

[WBDluver]

I have forgotten about your warehouse of fly fishing gear and your Fourth of July sale. I have already purchased a Simms ambidextrous pack and im loving it. Its like going commando at a barbecue.

 

[MACFLY]

I have forgotten about your warehouse of fly fishing gear and your Fourth of July sale. I have already purchased a Simms ambidextrous pack and im loving it. Its like going commando at a barbecue.

A Simms what ambi who. Oh oh okay I get it. Enjoy your new life as a woman

 

[hatchman]

I have forgotten about your warehouse of fly fishing gear and your Fourth of July sale. I have already purchased a Simms ambidextrous pack and im loving it. Its like going commando at a barbecue.

A sling purse is like going commando at a barbecue in a dress.
When Bruce Jenner started carrying purses no one thought anything of it either.
Now full blown scary tranny . It’s a slippery slide even one of the most famous
Olympians could not avoid. Your doomed .lol!

 

[Rusty Spinner]

A sling purse is like going commando at a barbecue in a dress.
When Bruce Jenner started carrying purses no one thought anything of it either.
Now full blown scary tranny . It’s a slippery slide even one of the most famous
Olympians could not avoid. Your doomed .lol!

So true. That once-a-man went from wearing gym shorts and carrying a javelin spear on a Wheaties box to wearing red pumps and cutting off his spear years later. Is that DLuver's fate, you fear??

 

[hatchman]

So true. That once-a-man went from wearing gym shorts and carrying a javelin spear on a Wheaties box to wearing red pumps and cutting off his spear years later. Is that DLuver's fate, you fear??

Rusty your poetic brilliance brings the point home masterfully....
If most millennials ,or boomers craving to be accepted by the flat brimmed trucker hat millennials living in their parents basements sling purses were to be inspected by the man police they would surely have their man credentials pulled and at the minimum transgender credentials issued. A thorough inventory of the sling purse would surely include a small amount of fly fishing paraphernalia, power bait , lip gloss , mascara ,some fake eye lashes , and leather chaps with matching leather cap for
cocktails at the mineshaft that evening. The sling purse is the Trojan horse sent by the LBGTQ ( the B is for Beetle)to bring down the manly fly fishing community
or atleast pick off a few of the “ sling purse curious”.

 

[WBDluver]

Your all slingophobs. While your all sweating in your Orvis Tac-L-Pak vests (cirica 1990) i will be cool, unencumbered and stylish to boot.