Why do fly fishermen cover their faces?
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In colorado the guys who wear them are mostly wannabe guides. The other main type of buff wearers I see are the type who want to fish right across the river from you. I swear, the only two times I’ve lost my cool on the river because of someone crowding me, the jackass was wearing a buff.
What cracks me up is all the photos of guys on flats boats and their beautiful snazzy lookin buff covering their face…yet they have a short sleeve shirt on and are wearing shorts…and flip flops.
If you are going to claim to wear a buff for utilitarian purposes (skin protection) you’d better cover up everywhere.
DOES NO ONE WANT A PAMPHLET!?! Geez… I worked hard on them.
I’ll take a pamphlet Peter; we’re all fish terrorists here…
See this 2008 post about Skin Cancer http://www.itinerantangler.com/cgi-bin/board/YaBB.pl?num=1229909952/17#17
Because of THIS!
I wear THIS!
My take on fly fishing exposure compared to other sun exposure is, in a word – reflectivity. You can wear the biggest brimmed hat and still get burned to a crisp if you are on the water. That makes a BUFF indispensable in my opinion.
My problem is I can’t seem to find a wider brimmed hat that I actually like.
Have you tried the Pilbara hat from Sea to Summit? I’ve got one and I like it a lot.
Found one via Google with a picture here:
http://www.seatosummit.com.au/showdetail.php?Code=APILB
It’s a wide brimmed hat, but it’s not one of those giant goofy cowboy-type hats that the guide-wannabes out West wear. It’s not too heavy, and it’s breathable and vented so it doesn’t get too hot in the summer – that was a big selling point for me.
It’s also light-colored on top for staying cool, but dark under the brim to reduce glare – also important to me.
It’s also waterproof for what that’s worth, though that wasn’t a big selling point (if it rains I prefer rain gear with a hood over my head).
Best fishing hat I’ve found. I like a wide-brimmed hat more because it keeps glare out of my face and lets me see the fish better, but the sun protection is a good side benefit.
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Let me start by saying that i have been fly fishing for since i was about 9. I have also been a hunter for about the same length of time. My point is that i do a lot of stuff in the outdoors and have never felt the need to cover up. I can not for the life of me understand why fly fisherman feel the need to wrap their heads like members of al-qaeda. I see the pictures everywhere and dont understand it. Why dont people just use sunscreen or wear a hat? Honest question here, not making fun…
Because of all of the above answeres plus – fly fishermen are gear junkies.
After skin cancer removal #5 I think, I’m going in to give some more flesh next month.Speaking of cool skin-cancer wounds, here is my left arm two year ago. Had a mole biopsied that came back poor, so off it went plus 10mm. Got a sweet staph infection included with the surgery, free of charge.
Wear sunscreen and cover up.
No wonder the canoe business is rough on me. I only managed to give away one free pamphlet. Fishy Terror isn’t doing as well as hoped.
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