Jumpsuits

[tander]

I remember them, guys I remember are John Powell and Bobby Murry. Funny how styles change. Remember when shorts were shorter.

 

[OCdockskipper]

As an impressionable teenager back in the mid 70's, I wore a black cowboy hat with a B.A.S.S. decal sewed on the front, ala Ray Scott.  My younger sister got one too, so you had these two southern California kids out in a 14 ft Sears Gamefisher chucking crankbaits in Canyon Lake looking like a pair of Black Barts.  It made the adult anglers smile whenever they came upon us out in the water & they would usually stop & chat.

 

I also took a T shirt that had some fishing picture on it and sewed on Rebel, Mr Twister, Western Bass and a few other patches.

[Fishes in trees]

Back in the day when I was a bank bound meat fishing bush hippie, I thought jump suits were outstanding fishing attire,  fir the following reasons:  A - they were more or less "tick proof", run a piece of duct tape around the ankles, douse yourself with anti-bug juice, ticks & chiggers didn't bother you as bad.   - They were fairly cheap, so you could get them dirty and not really care.  Jump suits I always washed at the laundromat instead of my house.  C - At the end of they day, when I got back to the car, stored my fish in the cooler for the ride home, they were easy to get out of.  Riding back home in dirty clothes really bugged me then (it still does, to this day I always carry a change or two of clothes in the fishing truck, to change into when I'm done fishing for the day)

 

Jump suits are hard to find these days, If I could find a decent source, I'd probably start wearing them again.  For me, jump suits were mostly a late spring/summer thing.  I liked the really light/ tight weave poplin ones.   I had 7 or 8 of them, different colors.   Never did put a patch on any of them, but then, I'm not a patch wearing guy

[Teal]

51 minutes ago, Fishes in trees said:

Back in the day when I was a bank bound meat fishing bush hippie, I thought jump suits were outstanding fishing attire,  fir the following reasons:  A - they were more or less "tick proof", run a piece of duct tape around the ankles, douse yourself with anti-bug juice, ticks & chiggers didn't bother you as bad.   - They were fairly cheap, so you could get them dirty and not really care.  Jump suits I always washed at the laundromat instead of my house.  C - At the end of they day, when I got back to the car, stored my fish in the cooler for the ride home, they were easy to get out of.  Riding back home in dirty clothes really bugged me then (it still does, to this day I always carry a change or two of clothes in the fishing truck, to change into when I'm done fishing for the day)

 

Jump suits are hard to find these days, If I could find a decent source, I'd probably start wearing them again.  For me, jump suits were mostly a late spring/summer thing.  I liked the really light/ tight weave poplin ones.   I had 7 or 8 of them, different colors.   Never did put a patch on any of them, but then, I'm not a patch wearing guy

I'm sure we could find you some Dickies Coveralls in a light weight cotton.  I think I actually still have some navy blue ones in the shop I used to wear when I had nasty jobs to do.  I havent thought about wearing them fishing... but I'm bot making any fashion statement either.  Once its gets hot, I'm good to even being wearing shoes on the boat.  

[Captain Phil]

It's always amazing to me how bass fisherman follow trends.  Power poles are a great example.  How many $2,000 power poles do you need?  How many of them never get deployed?  Some of the best bass fisherman I have ever seen were cranking old Ambassador reels from a leaky boat.   

 

I once fished a Federation Team tournament in Toho.  I went non boater to help a friend get in.   The boater I drew had at least a half dozen $500 Shimano reels with $300 Loomis rods. It was impressive.  I caught fish all day from the back of his boat with a tiny torpedo.  He finally caught one bass just before the weigh-in.  I like cool stuff as much as anyone, but it doesn't make you a better angler. 

[Fishes in trees]

Orschlens carries a small selection of the navy blue Dickies coveralls, but they are quite a bit heavier cloth than the ones I wore in the 70's, and they don't fit the same.   I remember some of my fishing buddies, even back then, making fun of the jump suits.   

[fishwizzard]

I used to wear a boilersuit at work, I spent a ton of each day hanging in a harness, so a “waist-less” outfit was the way to go for comfort.   
 

Going commando in one was also the way to wear the least amount of clothing and still abide by the “long pants and a shirt with sleeves” rule.