fishing vest

Tackle-pocket outerwear

A fishing vest is a lightweight, sleeveless garment with numerous pockets designed to keep tackle, flies, tools, and other gear within easy reach while wading or moving through terrain where a tackle box would be impractical.

The pockets are typically sized for specific items—fly boxes, tippet spools, forceps.

The style has been adopted for photography, journalism, and general outdoor use: He wore one of those fishing vests with a hundred pockets.

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Sleeveless torso garment

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Top 200,000
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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G