Simms Headwaters Waist Pack
Simms’ new Headwaters Waist Pack is a versatile pack that could be used in many different angling pursuits. We see this pack being used everywhere from our homewaters of the trout streams of Southwest Montana to the flats of Mexico’s Ascension Bay. (more…)
As the weather has been changing here in Southwest Montana and we seem to finally see the light to better weather ahead, many of the users of the Simms Streamtread Soled boots have been out and had a good chance to use them. The reviews have been outstanding so far from the many customers to whom we have sold them. In addition, I myself have had a better chance to get out and use them on our local rivers like the Madison and Yellowstone.
Two things I have determined since my last review. (more…)
We recently completed a video review of the Simms Streamtread Soles which is now up on You Tube and can be found at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9b07P7PYCc. Check it out and let us know what you think. There will be more to come. For this review, we teamed up with Jon Yousko of Simms Fishing Products to explain and show the features of the Streamtread Boots.
A great new pack from Simms Fishing Products in their 2009 line is the Simms Headwaters Chest Pack. If you are looking for the pack to take to the Gallatin or your local river for an afternoon of fishing the Simms Headwaters Chest Pack is worth considering.
Chestpacks in general don’t hold as much gear as a waist or fanny pack might but their advantages are that they are smaller and are less obstructive on your person while fishing and casting. (more…)
Just when we thought there were some pretty nice options to carry your fishing gear to the river and on the streams, along comes Simms to try and make something even better. We just received new for the 2009 season the Simms Headwaters Day Backpacks and at first glance, I am impressed. Simms looks as though they put a lot of thought into the design and construction of this pack trying to make it clean and functional which I feel is of the upmost importance when designing a backpack for fishing. (more…)
Heading back to product reviews for this week, while peering through the internet, we found this interesting review of the Simms G3 Wader done for the folks at Outside Magazine. Although the Simms G3 is not a new product, we liked the angle that this product review has on one of Simms best waders. Have a look! (more…)
To better understand the new Streamtread sole that Simms developed with the help of Vibram, I thought we should discuss it in a little bit more detail. One thing to be sure of is that this is not simply an Aquastealth knock-off.
The Streamtread sole is a completely different animal. The Aquastealth sole, which has been the only rubber wading sole until this year, tried to accomplish traction on wet rocks with the use of a “sticky” rubber compound. While it worked very well on wet rocks, it did not work well on wet slimy rocks like we have here in the West. When wading with Aquastealth, you were often times not sure of which rock you would stick to or not and many times this created a feeling of uncertainty when in the stream. The addition of studs to an Aquastealth sole was a welcome relief and sometimes completely necessary to fish some of our local rivers like the Gallatin and Upper Madison. (more…)
