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Lucky fishing hat

MACFLY

Too many streams too little time
http://www.lakestream.com/lucky-fishing-hat-series/


Funny I came across this article this morning asking fisherman to post pics of their lucky or I guess favorite fishing hat. Unfortunately for me my Lab got a hold of my all time favorite finding hat whe she was a pup and tore it to shreds:). It's actually the only thing of mind she ever destroyed (except for a whole philly cheese steak which she actually took out of my hands and consumed in one swallow before I could even react:)) I have way too many hats but my blue ribbon flies hat was my favorite and of course they changed them when I went to get a replacement. My fishing hats are just one way to remember the places I was fortunate enough to fish and the friends I was even luckier to fish with over the years. On a trip to Jackson hole many years ago, my wife and I took a drive up to west Yellowstone. It was early spring and the weather was still a bit uncertain as evidenced by the fact we had to find an alternate route when the more scenic approach was blocked by an avalanche the night before. On your way we stopped in at the legendary Henry's fork angler and I picked up a long billed logo hat that is my current favorite hat.

I like the trucker hats they have today but they suck if you are out in bright sun all day:) I have always loved the fishermans fedora but they are not at all comfortable nor do I look good in them:) When I fish certain places out west I go for the more unction sun hats so I don't immolate in the hot sun. I'm sure all the cool guys in this thread will say they wear whatever hat is in the closet professing not to worry about trivial stuff like what's on their head. I see you guys on the stream with hats so old and cruddy they should be quarantined. You look ridiculous:)
 
I have a multitude of hats in the cargo net of my truck...all from places I've been, gear I use, gifts, sports teams I root for and one in particular that I like a lot....It is a fedora hat made from Brazilian truck tarps that have been recycled..it has travelled the Brazilian rain forest covering loads on trucks..they take the tarps and create bags and hats...you mat have seen Woody Harrelson in one in the movie with the Zombies...Zombieland....
http://realdealbrazil.com/

Interesting and durable stuff...each one is unique...they are not good in the heat as they are heavy, and they sink, so don't loose it.....I used to wear it a lot, now not so much...more in the colder months...
 
Funny, I just washed my lucky hat last week and realized how beat up it was. It's probably more hole than hat at this point and I thought about retiring it but I couldn't bring myself to do that.
I wore it today to my favorite Pocono river and it must have brought me luck because I ended up with a dozen fish to hand and half again as many lost fish (nymphing). I even finished up the day with one fish to a double midge dry as there was a small pod of fish taking trico spinners. And yes, I used my nymph rod to toss the dries.
 
I wear whatever is in the closet and dont care what name is on it

I can attest to this. Last time we fished together he had on a hat that said " my wife where's the pants in the family" why I asked him about he said he wasn't allowed to discuss it:)
 
Moosekid had the privilege of witnessing my newest lucky fishing hat this weekend and informed me via some kind of meme, delivered via text message (fucking millennials) that I should "do everyone on the river a favor" and burn it in a fireplace.

Given the weekend I had (nothing to show for 7-8 hours on the water) I'm thinking about following his advice. But not because it's ugly. The uglier the better. The bigger problem is unlike my other ugly fishing hats, it don't catch fish. Beetle and I agreed that the TR of my weekend would resemble an artsy German film about the pointlessness of all human endeavor. Fucking yuppies go upstream to the no kill section. Reading that was the highlight of my dismal weekend in the frigid fish desert of the lower WB. Thanks Montague target.

A lucky fishing hat that doesn't catch fish is worse than getting in a boat with thirteen women and a bunch of bananas. Its worse than having Carmen Miranda row you down the river while whistling on a Friday.

(Btw, if you really needed to follow any of those links to know what I'm talking about, you suck. And that includes the Carmen Miranda one. Looking at you MacFly, you philistine.)

Okay now everybody post more nonsense about fishing hats so MacFly and DC can get more free shit. Lemmings. :)
 
I see a new thread forming:)
Moosekid had the privilege of witnessing my newest lucky fishing hat this weekend and informed me via some kind of meme, delivered via text message (fucking millennials) that I should "do everyone on the river a favor" and burn it in a fireplace.

Given the weekend I had (nothing to show for 7-8 hours on the water) I'm thinking about following his advice. But not because it's ugly. The uglier the better. The bigger problem is unlike my other ugly fishing hats, it don't catch fish. Beetle and I agreed that the TR of my weekend would resemble an artsy German film about the pointlessness of all human endeavor. Fucking yuppies go upstream to the no kill section. Reading that was the highlight of my dismal weekend in the frigid fish desert of the lower WB. Thanks Montague target.

A lucky fishing hat that doesn't catch fish is worse than getting in a boat with thirteen women and a bunch of bananas. Its worse than having Carmen Miranda row you down the river while whistling on a Friday.

(Btw, if you really needed to follow any of those links to know what I'm talking about, you suck. And that includes the Carmen Miranda one. Looking at you MacFly, you philistine.)

Okay now everybody post more nonsense about fishing hats so MacFly and DC can get more free shit. Lemmings. :)
 
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