patagonia backpack gray Stealth 25L rough handling and miles of abuse Custom Patagonia Refugio Daypack Backpack

This jacket does its job well with 2.5 waterproof/breathable layers and an outer coating to increase water resistance

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New XGT7 Graphite Frame & Sideplate

The rod comes in a rod tube and includes Orvis famous 25-year warranty

The rear stash pocket is deep but a little tight for stuffing much more than a light layer or small items into, side water bottle pockets are similarly deep but too tight to load easily even with a narrow bottle, and the hip belt pockets appear to be large but when our testers had the pack on, they found the pockets to be curved too much to fit a smartphone into without struggle