The Traditional Fisherman's Forum

Flicking through a local auction catalogue I came upon this splendid selection of hats, not our usual cap etc but would brighten up a session ! They look to me like French ? certainly not English ?

The Straw ditty looks very much like a Green Templeton College Oxford boating or punt hat. Perfect for a calm Summers day fishing a river or even an estate lake.

I suffer from a surfeit of hats “ Thora” aka SWMBO , just shakes her head in disbelief, there must be 20 plus of various styles , plus around the same number of wooly hats for winter . Everything from my traditional Pith helmet ( which I may take to the Wye in a few weeks) to an Acubra, a few leather cowboy style hats , my Army and other uniform hats, trilby, flat caps straw,baseball caps ( I know , shouldnt be mentioned ) etc etc .

I suppose everybody has some form of weakness , one of mine is hats, a lot of which never get worn.

OMR

Old Man River wrote: ↑Fri Jun 26, 2020 7:54 pmI suppose everybody has some form of weakness , one of mine is hats, a lot of which never get worn.

OMR

And you think YOU have problems !!

I could not wear a hat like that, it doesnt have a brim!

OMR

I've also caught the hat bug in recent years which boils down to three categories.
Sun hats
Cold weather hats
And wet weather hats
I have at least two of each.
I'm not really a fan of hood's or brollies these days.

AshbyCut wrote: ↑Sat Jul 04, 2020 2:33 am

Old Man River wrote: ↑Fri Jun 26, 2020 7:54 pmI suppose everybody has some form of weakness , one of mine is hats, a lot of which never get worn.

OMR

And you think YOU have problems !!

Definitely one to wear indoors while tying the old flies, or reading Crabtree, with your feet up on a leather pouffe, in front of the open hearth fire with some apple or cherry wood logs crackling in the grate.

Dom.

I had a count up in the Landrover “hat store“.... nine different hats... from corduroy trilby, flat caps, floppy bush hats, Tilley and woolly ones.....amazing what you can find! I do like a hat!

And for the angler who likes his Greenheart & Horsehair direct to the rod tip a perfect hat and the case is very nice too.

My brother-in-law has several vintage cars; Triumph Roadster, Triumph Stag, Bond Minicar, Bond Bug, and has a different hat for each car. The Roadster goes with a deerstalker, a WWII flying helmet goes with the Bond Minicar and the Bug is always driven whilst wearing a baseball cap backwards. At Christmas he tours the Barnsley area in his red three wheeled two stroke Bond Minicar wearing his flying helmet, trailing a long scarf and accompanied by Santa Claus.

For my part I have a Tilly summer hat for fishing, a waterproof baseball cap for work & fishing, another baseball cap for gardening, several winter hats including a Tilly Winter Hat with ear flaps and a forehead flap for dog walking and a beanie hat for work. But, around this time of year when the temps drop to minus 5 or less I bring out the Russian Cossack fur hat. When the side flaps are tied under my chin I can survive any weather!