Wading jackets are not cheap. You’re looking at a +$300 purchase. However, I found a Loop hole! LLBean’s Women’s Wading Jacket on sale from $179 to $129. Not bad for a wading jacket! Did I mention Free shipping? I fished this coat last Saturday and was well impressed with the overall quality. Below you will find a list of pros and cons. And yes, I would recommend this jacket to any lady out there!
Pros:
- GORE-TEX! Kept me 100% dry, yet breathed well
- Water tight wrist straps!!!!!! Sleeves stayed dry all day despite submerging my arms a few times. #clutch
- $129/ 3 day Free shipping
- Light weight!
- Packs up into a small pouch
- LIFE TIME WARRANTY (that’s just LLBean for you. They have been in this game for ages. Return it if you don’t like it.)
- Sure to stay warm with insulation. Just wear a light-small puff under and you’re good in -6.6 C (20 F)
- Wind protecting
- THE POCKETS – my favorite feature is the giant pockets! I could fill the pockets up with 5-6 fly boxes if I desired! No joke! Even stuffed a bulky GoPro in them. Fantastic! (in picture below I had 3 fly boxes, GoPro and a few other small items)
- The Side Pockets are fleece! Nice place to put your cold hands after landing a fish!
- 2 loops for attaching clippers, hemostats etc…
- Practical!!
Cons:
- Not girly enough. If the “LLBean” logo and “Gore-Tex” logo were to be stitched in pink then we would really be in business.
- No interior pockets. I would like a pocket for my cell phone on the left interior top half of jacket. But that’s just me…
For the price you can’t beat this jacket! I would assume the men’s LLBean wading jacket is similar to the women’s overall quality. Give them a look. Their fly fishing gear is Very Affordable! I also want to note that I am not getting any thing from LLBean for making this post. This is just straight from my gear closet to yours!
Could use some pink?
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