Bronco Jacket.

[Patrick]

Usually I just wear my black zip up sweat jacket underneath my waders. On rough or rainy days, I find water gathering in my waders. Sometimes I get wetter than when I go barefoot in swimtrunks.

So I'm looking at these wading jackets. I understand they are dry which is great. Water can't get in but can it get out when I prespire? How hot do they get in there? I'm wondering about ventilation.

How about the size? I'm about 6'0 and can weigh anywhere between 165 to 185lbs.

Any personal experiences/things to watch for/kudos/negative comments are more than welcomed.

Also, concerning the Ditch...

After seeing the fish pulled out of there, I want to go so badly.

Here are my impressions. I saw guys on bikes so I assume it must be dirt, concrete or some tightly packed sand. What is the ground made out of?

What are the fishing conditions like? High wind? Any wave action? Is it wadable?

Also, being the newcomer, when I fish it, I'm going to bring too much gear of course and find out what works and what doesn't. Would a Radio flyer All terrain wagon work here? You have to see this thing to believe it. This thing has huge airfilled tires for pulling it on soft stuff. It also has these high wooden sides to keep the kids on. Here is the best part though. They have a 6 can cooler bag that snaps onto the rear wooden slats!

Here's what I'm thinking. Put rod holders on the side pieces uphigh so the butts of the rods don't hit the ground. The thing is about 45 inches long so it could hold 5 rods to a side no problem. Have the cooler deal in the back for my slimy eel friends. On the inside, you could put a couple of milkcrates in there. I found out that if you go to the tennis courts, slobs leave their tennis ball cans all over. Hey, their lazyness is my gain. I think 16 cans will fit perfectly into each milk crate. Each can will hold 4 slender plugs(needlefish), two medium plugs(Finnish minnows) or one huge plug(Dani plugs). I don't have many plugs so I think I could fill up 2 milk crates. Then whatever room is left, I can put a towel incase an eel gets me, extra line incase one of those giants spools me, leader material, teasers, a soda and a sandwich since I never know when to quit and eat and all those extras that we wish we could carry but don't have room for in our pockets. Why have people been wasting these wagons on kids? They were obviously made for fishermen!

How is safety at the Ditch? Ever have car break ins or stuff like that? Muggings or murders? Seems from the picture people walked around safely with no hassles.

It will probably be me and my dad fishing. He's not much on fishing but when I tell him that there are monsters at every corner, he will want to come up there with me. That's right, WITH me, not the other way around. With my new found wealth, it seems that used SUVs/Trucks aren't that expensive after all. I'm sure I can pick up something in the 94-96 years maybe even later in not too bad of shape.

That brings me to my next and final subject. What's a good SUV in the years of 94-98? A pickup would be okay too but I'd rather have my investments inside with me. You hear a lot about SUVs flipping. And you hear about some companies that aren't good. I won't be doing too much beach driving down here becausee you can't but I think I'll wind up taking a few weekend trips up and down the coast to places that you can. But when you do offroad,, do you upgrade your gear? For example shocks and struts or you find one tire will do better aired down then another? Just getting a gameplan ready.

Wow, I really wrote a book of questions. Sorry guys. Just trying to keep the number of posts to a minimum if that means keeping the content high.

thanks a lot for all your help.