Leland on the Patagonia Stormfront Hip Pack
Steelheaders rejoice! The durability and function you've come to expect from the Patagonia Stormfront Backpack is now available as a Hip Pack. As every winter chromehead knows, waterproof storage for your bugs, tips, and snacks can mean the different between a day out swinging flies in beautiful (if wet) surroundings and the day
you meet the fish of your life. When you're fully impervious to the elements, you've got that extra measure of confidence you need to go out and
just rope one.
Leland on Specifications
As fishing packs go, the Patagonia Stormfront Hip Pack is
one of the finer specimens we've ever seen. With an unbeatable TIZIP opening, welded seam construction, padded mesh suspension, and removable accessory straps, you've got a fully featured waterproof waist pack. Thanks to
thoughtful interior dividers, you needn't keep your pack open for a second longer than necessary in an all-out downpour. All in all, the Patagonia Stormfront Hip Pack is one of the
highest-performance fishing packs on the market, built for the most discriminating consumers and
the truly hard core.
Specifications:
- Welded PU-coated nylon construction for waterproofness that lasts
- TIZIP open-close -- far and away the most durable, usable, and waterproof zipper available
- 3D spacer-mesh back panel wicks moisture, dries quickly and allows air circulation
- Interior zippered security pockets secure keys, wallet, accessories
- Outer pack: 840-denier 100% nylon double-coat. Back panel: 3D spacer mesh
- 8 L (488 cu in) 13.5" x 7.25" x 6"
- 433 g (15.3 oz)
Leland on Patagonia Luggage & Gear Bags
Like all responsible outdoor recreators, the people at Patagonia place a premium on keeping things dry
-- an especially important (not to say difficult) task when water is as
integral to a sport as it is to fly fishing. For waterproof
construction, Patagonia uses polyurethane-coated nylon -- fully impermeable, utterly bombpoof, and guaranteed to perform, season after season, on, in and around the water.
For boat-based anglers, the Patagonia Great Divider is a boat chest par excellence, offering impact protection as well as splashproofness. The same product in a smaller size, the Sub Divider, makes a fantastic shoulder-slung SLR case
for wading anglers, and does the same great job in a boat bottom. For
those who fish where heavy weather is common, Patagonia's Stormfront Pack is an outstanding design for a waterproof daypack and features a removable shoulder harness and hydration compatibility.
For carry-all haul bags, the Guidewater Duffel series makes an important contribution to the marketplace, what with its wet/dry compartmentalization and multiple size offerings: Regular (35L), Large (50L) and Max (92L).
As fly fishing luggage and gear bags go, these are some of the absolute finest around.
Leland on Patagonia
One of the most admired and emulated firms in the outdoor marketplace, Patagonia is also one of the stalwarts in the fly fishing industry. From its humble beginnings as Yvon Chouinard's piton forging business to its ascendancy as one of the major houses in outdoor apparel and equipment, Patagonia has been marked by the same commitment to well-designed, well-made product, the same dedication to corporate social responsibility, and the same finger-on-the-pulse outdoor culture -- for almost forty years now.
Chouinard, still the company's head and something of an enlightened monarch,
is well known as an alpinist and a surfer, but is also an avid fly
fisherman. Atlantics, cutthroats, permit: he knows what he likes for
fish as well as for gear, and he maintains a hand in the processes of
product design to this day. Patagonia is a founding partner of '1% for the Planet', a league of environmentally progressive businesses, and the firm demonstrates its engagement with environmental stewardship in other ways as well. To minimize the inevitable ecological costs of manufacturing, Patagonia uses recycled-content fabrics where possible and -- more to the point, perhaps -- makes products that will perform at a high level for years without the need for a replacement.
Patagonia on the Patagonia Stormfront Hip Pack
Torrential downpour, sneaker waves, bow spray and through it all, you somehow have to keep important gear dry. Fortunately, there is a simple solution: our Stormfront® Hip Pack. This fully welded, waterproof hip pod stands up to foul weather with burly 100% nylon double-coat. Salt water? No sweat. The zipper resists both water and corrosion. There is also a quick-drying, moisture-wicking 3D-spacer-mesh back panel for comfort and air circulation. Inside you find three handy, zippered security pockets to secure and protect keys, wallet and accessories. And when you aren't on foot, the top handle makes the Stormfront an ideal small boat bag.
Patagonia on Patagonia
Build the best product, cause no unnecessary harm, use business to inspire and implement solutions to the environmental crisis.
–Patagonia's Mission Statement
Patagonia grew out of a small company that made tools for climbers.
Alpinism remains at the heart of a worldwide business that still makes
clothes for climbing – as well as for skiing, snowboarding, surfing, fly
fishing, paddling and trail running. These are all silent sports. None
requires a motor; none delivers the cheers of a crowd. In each sport,
reward comes in the form of hard-won grace and moments of connection
between us and nature.
Our values reflect those of a business started by a band of climbers and
surfers, and the minimalist style they promoted. The approach we take
towards product design demonstrates a bias for simplicity and utility.
For us at Patagonia, a love of wild and beautiful places demands
participation in the fight to save them, and to help reverse the steep
decline in the overall environmental health of our planet. We donate our
time, services and at least 1% of our sales to hundreds of grassroots
environmental groups all over the world who work to help reverse the
tide.
We know that our business activity – from lighting stores to dyeing
shirts – creates pollution as a by-product. So we work steadily to
reduce those harms. We use recycled polyester in many of our clothes and
only organic, rather than pesticide-intensive, cotton.
Staying true to our core values during thirty-plus years in business has
helped us create a company we're proud to run and work for. And our
focus on making the best products possible has brought us success in the
marketplace.
