Most folks fall into two groups when it comes to the weather – those that hate the cold and those that hate the heat. I am definitely in the former. I can’t stand to be cold. Being cold will get me off the water a lot quicker than being hot will be. I’ve found lots of ways to cool off in the summer but I don’t find many ways to get warm in the winter save for putting on my layers of clothes. Which makes me feel like Ralphie’s little brother in A Christmas Story wiggling around on his back trying to get up but failing to do so because he has so much clothing on his body.

Not to mention, fishing can be cumbersome with bulky clothing and parkas on to knock the cold off. You get your rod butts caught the sleeves, you get your line caught in bulky clasps and zippers and it makes fishing more frustrating that fishing in the extreme elements already can be. 

We’ve all seen that thinner weather material like that made by North Face. Now there is a fully functional, extremely warm and wind stopping piece designed just for fishermen. The Frabill Fleece jacket doesn’t look like a piece that would be so warm because it doesn’t have that bulk you’re used to in warm fishing jackets.