Besides the water and the fish, there’s only so much in common between casting at a calm lakeside and waist-deep in an icy mountain stream. Your kit changes, so grab a vest that can adapt with it. The Alaskan Hardgear® Fishing Vest is built with fast-adjust webbing at the sides for a custom fit over lightweight shirts and insulating layers alike. Made of ripstop polyester that’s at home barreling through brush and won’t sop up water like common canvas. Padded air-mesh neck and vented fabric throughout put an end to the waterlogged-by-sweat problem. All with 13 pockets, hypalon tabs and a chest patch to keep a tacklebox worth of gear smartly stowed and always at hand.