I shall have to look to my wardrobe !!!

[Marc]

I like the idea of dressing smart, not sure how warm that would be on a snowy river bank up here in the north though. I've decided 2016 is centre pin only year, I may add tie to that.

[Nigel Rainton]

There is a shooting and hunting dress code. At a horse show recently a girl was asked to leave the ring because she was not properly dressed, no jacket on a hot summer's day!



The dress code at the shoot is 'no jeans, hoodies or baseball caps'.

[Olly]

I wear a shirt, seldom a T shirt apart from indoors, and either Moleskin trousers,(nettle-proof I find) or a pair with loads of pockets!

Modern winter clothing is for me essential after pleurisy and pneumonia -- and a heart op!

[Nigel Rainton]

Olly,

I think nettle and thistle proof trousers are essential, I usually wear thick tweed breeks that are lined, they are totally sting proof. I like to wear a shirt but in the heat of summer, tweed trousers and a cotton shirt are too hot. I have some light weight rip stock cotton trousers that Country Covers custom made to my requirements, they are nettle proof and look quite smart. :-)

[Olly]

I have 3 X Deerhunter jackets, light, medium & heavy. 2 x Derhunter trousers , one pair with leather front. All are 100% water, wind & nettle proof!
Nice to really snug on a cold wintry day ------ yet to come!

[Snape]

Just had a look through some old photos and found these ones of Grandad Snape who was a keen bass fisher in Wales in the 40s and 50s cutting a bit of a dash in his cravat, regimental blazer, slacks and brogues - but I'm not too sure about the cap!

[Beresford]

The baseball cap pre-dates the MkIV (possibly even split cane itself depending on which sources you decide to quote) so it is a really rather traditional design. As somebody who hates wearing hats I find it the least loathsome to wear. My fishing clothing is essentially my 'old, very comfortable and relaxed clothes'. Recently that included a pair of moleskins that had seen far, far better days. Eventually they fell apart and have been replaced by an equally venerable pair of jeans – like it or not, another traditional design classic!

Without wanting to appear confrontational can somebody explain the attraction of dressing up rather than down to fish?

[Julian]

The baseball cap pre-dates the MkIV (possibly even split cane itself depending on which sources you decide to quote) so it is a really rather traditional design. As somebody who hates wearing hats I find it the least loathsome to wear. My fishing clothing is essentially my 'old, very comfortable and relaxed clothes'. Recently that included a pair of moleskins that had seen far, far better days. Eventually they fell apart and have been replaced by an equally venerable pair of jeans – like it or not, another traditional design classic!

Without wanting to appear confrontational can somebody explain the attraction of dressing up rather than down to fish?

I agree with you Beresford.
Also I fail to understand the complete anti - attitude to denim jeans.
They are very practical, incredibly hardwearing, washable at very hot temperatures if necessary, last a very long time, available in many styles ans colours, and...............were patented by Levi Strauss in 1873.
Very traditional and very suited to fishing.

[Nigel Rainton]

Dressing up is part of everything. Suit for the office. Black Tie for film premieres. T shirt for the beach. Tweed for shooting. Hoodies and jeans for shoplifting. :-)

[Beresford]

Broadly speaking those are popularly accepted conventions. I don't think we expect or require fishermen today to wear tweed and plus fours, in fact particularly for fishing afloat they make an appalling choice of clothing.