Are these the ultimate pants for bamboo fly rod fanatics?
My Alert Younger Brother Gerry - knowing of my love of bamboo fly rods – stumbled onto a pair of bamboo pants, and immediately knew that I would have to have them. He bought, he shipped, the package arrived, and I eagerly opened it to reveal… well… pants.
Guess I should have expected that.
They feel like normal, everyday pants, but the label reveals the unvarnished cane truth – these pants are 50% bamboo fiber! Ha!
See? See! Bamboo. And less than $1500…
Now I’ve got something my bamboo-fly-rod-fishing friends can only envy (and from a considerable distance). Eat my bamboo dust, cotton slaves!
Because – unlike bamboo fly rods – bamboo pants haven’t yet become the target of collectors bent on re-living their youth, they’re still reasonably priced. Only time will tell if “Hathaway” will become the Garrison or Payne of the pant world, but I’m laying in a huge stock just in case…
Those are beautiful pants. I haven’t been able to bring myself to buy a pair yet. I hear they are very expensive, expecially if broken in.
Those in the know say pants like these bend further into the leg for a smoother feel when walking. They are not as good at faster actions, like sprinting, or for longer distances, when greater speed is required, like a marathon. For these activities, modern fibers,like lycra, excel. Others claim that this not true and that it depends on the taper. Tailors working with the cloth say that it all depends on the taper and that straight leg bamboo pants can make you just as fast as lycra.
The value of all pants, beyond a certain basic function, is overated. While pants may help or hinder, its not the pants that determine how fast you go or if you get where your going. As long as the pants are functional,its knowing how to walk or run in the first place.
Now, let me tell you about these old fiberglass pants my Dad had, a little heavy and they got uncomfortable if you wore ‘em all day, but boy did they last….
Steve
Steve(Quote)
Steve,
IMHO, That comment has got to be one for the Trout Underground Comment Hall of Fame!
Murdock(Quote)
Great post Steve! Remarkably even-handed and intelligent, so naturally, I’m going to attack you.
Don’t be deceived by the “plastic-driven” media conspiracy: bamboo pants are smoother and silkier than modern “plastic” pants, and moreover, anyone utilizing modern synthetic pants probably cheats at cards, beats their dog, drinks Pabst Blue Ribbon, and can’t cast anything but three split shot and a weighted nymph.
These are all proven facts.
Basically, modern pants people are just farther down the evolutionary scale than those wearing bamboo pants. Now that I have nifty new bamboo pants, I look down my nose at them. I roll my eyes at the sight of their pants. I fart in their general direction… I…
Tom Chandler(Quote)
These pants must be impregated since if they were varnished they would be stiff, the varnish would eventually flake off (that would be unsightly), and you would have to send them back to get them revarnished occasionally.
In fact I just heard that they are impregnated with Cialis. ;-)
Brian
Heddon17(Quote)
I would hope you would get the 100% bamboo jacket to match:
“A handsome summer jacket tailored by Manzoni in an exceptionally luxurious Italian fabric. Bamboo is a natural fiber that is incredibly light weight with a silky soft hand, perfect for hot climates and summer wear. Styled in a 2 button model the jacket is a fine looking shade of golden cream. This jacket will coordinate well with almost any color. Wear it casually with a t-shirt or dress it up with a shirt and tie and you have a dinner jacket look”
http://www.execstyle.com/clearance/Sproducts.asp?pid=1769
rriver(Quote)
This is excellent stuff. We’re assembling the Ultimate Outfit for any bamboo fisher – one that not only looks cool, but also elevates us to a deservedly higher moral plane.
Surround ourselves with enough cane, and eventually we’ll ascend into the heavens as beings of pure goodness and energy, finally able to cast aspersions and pass judgement on all others.
I would just kill to be able to do that.
Tom Chandler(Quote)
Are the trousers (women wear pants ! ain’t that right Dave ?)sewn with pearsall’s gossamer thread ?
Larry S
Larry Swearingen(Quote)
They may be great but you still can’t wear bamboo pants when you are fishing in saltwater.
Capt Gordon(Quote)
Hey TC the the pants come with a Swelled Butt?
David
Bamboo Addict(Quote)
Ouch!
Tom Chandler(Quote)