I always put my fishing clothing at the top of my list of important items when it comes to fly fishing on the many great Loughs here in Ireland. The weather sweeping in along our Atlantic seaboard is notoriously unpredicatble, and you can often get the four seasons in one day whilst out fishing. I put the G3 and G4 jackets through their paces over the past five seasons and both passed with flying colours. I have handed them on to two of my sons now (both delighted of course) and bought myself the ProDry Parka jacket. I have been testing it for the past month now, and it has already seen some of our harsh spring weather conditions. Its a cracking good jacket theres no doubt. I would only deduct half a point if the option was there, just because I miss the fleece lined pockets that the G3 and G4 possessed (handy to keep one hand warms whilst driving the boat), as well as the noticalbe absense of built in retractors which are vital for quick access to tools such as nippers and pliers as well as my Simms lip balm. These are only small things, but still I do miss them and feel its important to mention as, after all, it is an item of fishing clothing, and it has always been the Simms attention to detail factor that won me over for so many years now. Its hard to please everyone I suppose!

Pro Dry jacket Awesome jacket. Dont't expect it to keep you warm, just dry. Excellent features such as high face gator, watch window on sleeve, zippered hand pockets that'll stay dry even if you forget to zip them and a built in removable/wasbable sunglasses cleaner are icing on the cake. You'll never get wet wearing this jacket.