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Stohlquist FISHERman PFD

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3	2416	6/24/2008

Recommended By	Average Price	Average Rating
33% of reviewers	None indicated	9.0

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Description:

Fisherman Vest (#5226)
Ready and loaded, this new fish hunting vest is the ideal PFD for the sit-on-top paddler.

Comfort and water safety with all the necessities, close at hand. Put to work, while you play, the FISHERMAN provides excellent cockpit management with places for the little things that could end up in your seat, or overboard. Ready to load...new features include an array of pockets with anchor-points, front zip entry closure, padded neoprene shoulders, plus new ultra-soft and environmentally friendly Gaia™ flotation foam.

The Drawbridge...dual front-mounted tool pouch pockets have protective EVA stiffened outer shells to protect pocket contents when re-boarding the kayak from “over the rim”.
• EVA inner platform - is a fold-down work surface.
• Velour (hook & loop style) -inner lining attachment surface.
• Sized to fit small plastic lure boxes.
• Inside accessory pockets and stowage for tools.

Outer Platform....like an angling vest, the FISHERMAN vest has mounting locations for tippets, retractor(s), nippers, leader-line, hemastats, and pliers.

Features:
• Choose low-vis Moss color or hi-vis mango with 3M reflective.
• Open sides for ventilation.
• Neoprene padded shoulders and lower back waistband.
• 1-1/2" webbing belt with dual side adjustments.
• Multiple pockets, all with drainage.
• High-back flotation rides above back rest.
• Adjustable 1-1/2" webbing shoulder and side adjustments.
• Cinch harness adjustment for zero ride-up.
• New PVC-free Gaia foam.

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	lefty Captains Club Member NC Kayak Angler		Posts: 2,774 Registered: November 2005 Location: Cary see this user's products

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lefty

Captains Club Member
NC Kayak Angler

Registered: November 2005
Location: Cary
Posts: 2774

Review Date: 10/19/2007

Would you recommend the product? Yes | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 9

Pros:	Comfortable & Versatile
Cons:	Rigid pockets are too big for my pliers

This vest is very comfortable to paddle in, and easy to get on and off. I wear mine all the time, zipped up, snug -- as though it might need to do its job at any instant

It does not impede my cast or my paddle stroke, and is certainly no hotter to wear than any other conventional paddler's PFD. I make a point of wearing quick-dry sunproof clothing in hot weather, that helps, regardless of the PFD.

There are lots more places to hold stuff and lash stuff than my previous PFD, the Stohlquist aSea. It was much easier to lash my rescue knife to the shoulder strap than on the aSea. I still have not decided how best to use all those pockets, though. The pockets have loops inside as though to carry pliers, so I bought a good Browning pliers, but it's too big for those loops. So it sits inside the pocket.

I haven't yet put the "drawbridge" pockets to much use... They look like more of a fly-fishing attraction... I also have not yet tried re-entering my kayak with this PFD -- they say the rigid covers over the pocket avoid the contents snagging when you come back over the gunwale.

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stukayakfish

NC Sponsor Angler
NC Kayak Angler

Registered: January 2007
Location: Mt. Holly
Posts: 1484

Review Date: 6/23/2008

Would you recommend the product? No | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 0

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How much did it cost ?

lefty

Captains Club Member
NC Kayak Angler

Registered: November 2005
Location: Cary
Posts: 2774

Review Date: 6/24/2008

Would you recommend the product? No | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 0

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I actually won mine at the '07 KFNC Meet'n'Greet. They appear to sell for $80-$100 or thereabouts.