Star Cleats – great for moderate traction. Chances are you’ve heard that most wading boot manufacturers are working hard to develop wading boot soles that are less likely to transmit invasive species like the New Zealand mud snail from one piece of water to another. Simms’ main solution to the problem is their StreamTread soles,…
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Simms Gore-Tex Paclite Jacket
Photo: Simms Fishing Products There are some parts of the fly fishing world where you live and die by your rain gear. You’re in it every day, it’s loaded down with gear, and bombproof durability and storage options are key. On the Kanektok and the Kenai and the Skagit, high-end fishing shells like the Simms…
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Fly Fishing Retailer Wrap-up – Ross and More
A bunch o’ reels. The next few reviews wrap up our coverage from the 2009 Fly Fishing Retailer show. Thanks for checking it out! Over the next few months we’ll be putting a lot of the gear we’ve seen to work, and we’ll follow up with some more detailed reviews. Bruce Chard does a really…
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Fly Fishing Retailer Day 1 – Simms Roundup
Early afternoon fun in the Simms booth. Greetings from Fly Fishing Retailer in Denver! We’ll be posting a couple of times a day this weekend with reports on the new gear that’s being released at the show. We’re wrapping up our first afternoon – so far we’ve had a short walkthrough of the show floor…
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Simms Flats Sneakers
Don’t forget your Simms Flats Sneakers. South Andros is a fishery where your footwear matters. We do a ton of wading. Some of our flats have nice, hard white sand bottoms where you could wade barefoot if you wanted to. Other flats have mud, turtle grass, sea urchins and chunks of limestone. You don’t want…
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Simms Neoprene Wading Socks
Seriously, socks matter. Read on. Photo: Simms Fishing Products Simms says that their Neoprene Wading Socks are “ideal to wear with our wading sandals when fishing cold rivers on hot days”. That may be the case, but they’re also our favorite socks to wear when we’re wading on the flats of South Andros. At Andros…
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Simms Headwaters Backpacks
A good choice for a day on the water. Photo: Simms Fishing Products Simms has come out with a whole bunch of really good new packs this year, and one of our favorites is the Headwaters Day Pack. Like its big brother the Headwaters Backpack, it’s a really well-designed pack, purpose-built for fishing. The feature…
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Simms Dry Creek Flats Pack
We love the new Simms Dry Creek Flats Pack. It’s perfect for walking the flats of South Andros. Throw in your fly box, leaders and tippet, clip on your pliers, and you’re good to go. What’s to like about the pack? Zippers on dry packs are hard to get right. This one keeps out rain…
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Simms Dry Creek Boat Bags
We love our Simms Dry Creek Boat Bags. Equally applicable in fresh- and saltwater, they’re easy to get into, totally waterproof, padded and have dividers for keeping your gear straight. We beat the heck out of our gear, so when we say they’re durable we mean it.
Deneki Outdoors in 2009 Simms Catalog
Photo: Simms Fishing Products Our friends at Simms Fishing Products have just released their new 2009 catalog, and all the imagery in the catalog came from two photo shoots that they ran at Alaska West and Andros South. Garrett Sullivan, Rick Sisler, Matt Hynes, Cameron Miller, Mitch Harris, Ed Ward, and other members of the…
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