Leland on Patagonia's Mens Capilene 3 Midweight Zip Neck:
The Patagonia Capilene 3 Mid Weight Zip Neck is an
excellent baselayer for cold weather, or a stand-alone pullover in mild conditions. Ideal for those who like to fish on foot and cover water, the MW Zip Neck layer will do the trick at keeping you
warm and looking cool. When you’re winter steelheading on the coast the only thing that is hot is the fish on the end of your line. Wear the Capilene 3 against your body coupled with the Down Sweater and you should be happy whether you hook a fish or not.
Leland on Men's Capilene 3 Zip Neck:
The improved Capilene 3 Midweight provides the ultimate in comfort next to the skin. This quick
wicking baselayer offers great stretch, durability, and low bulk to your insulating layering. Brushed on the inside for
warmth and comfort, the Zip Neck brings stretchability and design allowing
full mobility for rowing the boat on those cold days. Made with Polartec Power Dry 5.4-oz polyester (65% recycled) double knit with Gladiodor odor control for the garment.
Specifications:
- Capilene 3 midweight fabric has a durable, stretchy, double-weave construction
- Durable smooth jersey face slides easily beneath layers
- Brushed for warmth, softness and compressibility
- Zip-neck for easy climate control is backed by kissing welts for low-bulk comfort next-to-skin
- Raglan sleeves and underarm panels placed strategically to provide full range of motion and comfort under layers
- Straight hem; cut long enough to tuck in
- 260 g (9.2 oz)
Leland on Layering:
For all the focus we put on our craft when we're on the water, we sometimes forget what an incredible range of places fly fishing can take us to -- or, what's more, that these places are sometimes less-than-hospitable to humans. Just like the folks at Patagonia, here at Leland we understand how high-performance technical clothing and fly fishing apparel is sure to improve time spent casting, and we've seen how, sometimes, the right gear can provide the critical edge needed for success. For the dazzling flats, we offer the Patagonia Guidewater Pants, Shorts and Shirt. Together with the Sun Glove, Sun Mask and Sunshade Shirt, these items should help you cover up, stay cool, and make the most of your time in some of the most beautiful, if forbidding, places on earth.
If you're planning to fly fish in more temperate climes, the Guidewater Pants and Shirt cross over brilliantly, and with either the Patagonia Insulator Pants or the Shelled Insulator Pants, you'll be able to fish comfortably, even through the winter. These fly fishing garments -- sourced, more often than not, from partially-recycled content fabrics -- are made to the highest standards in the industry and are destined to keep you comfortable over seasons of hard fishing.
Leland on Patagonia:
One of the most admired and emulated firms in the outdoor marketplace, Patagonia is also one of the stalwarts in the fly fishing industry. From its humble beginnings as Yvon Chouinard's piton forging business to its ascendancy as one of the major houses in outdoor apparel and equipment, Patagonia has been marked by the same commitment to well-designed, well-made product, the same dedication to corporate social responsibility, and the same finger-on-the-pulse outdoor culture -- for almost forty years now.
Chouinard, still the company's head and something of an enlightened monarch, is well known as an alpinist and a surfer, but is also an avid fly fisherman. Atlantics, cutthroats, permit: he knows what he likes for fish as well as for gear, and he maintains a hand in the processes of product design to this day.
Patagonia is a founding partner of '1% for the Planet', a league of environmentally progressive businesses, and the firm demonstrates its engagement with environmental stewardship in other ways as well. To minimize the inevitable ecological costs of manufacturing, Patagonia uses recycled-content fabrics where possible and -- more to the point, perhaps -- makes products that will perform at a high level for years without the need for a replacement.
Patagonia on Capilene 3 Midweight Zip Neck:
A fundamental - to be worn for weeks on alpine routes, washed in glacial streams and dried in the slipstream of a bus window. Our new Capilene 3 Midweight provides excellent insulation and ultimate comfort next to the skin. The most versatile and fastest wicking of our performance baselayers, its new fabric offers even better stretch, durability, wicking and breathability, and has faster dry times. Brushed on the inside for warmth, it's soft and compressible, and the smooth jersey exterior glides smoothly under layers. The low-bulk zip-neck makes for easy venting. Details include raglan sleeves and underarm panels for unlimited mobility and offset shoulder seams to eliminate pack-strap chafe. Made with Polartec Power Dry 5.4-oz polyester (65% recycled) double knit with Gladiodor odor control for the garment. Recyclable through the Common Threads Recycling Program.
Patagonia on Patagonia:
Build the best product, cause no unnecessary harm, use business to inspire and implement solutions to the environmental crisis.
–Patagonia's Mission Statement
Patagonia grew out of a small company that made tools for climbers. Alpinism remains at the heart of a worldwide business that still makes clothes for climbing – as well as for skiing, snowboarding, surfing, fly fishing, paddling and trail running. These are all silent sports. None requires a motor; none delivers the cheers of a crowd. In each sport, reward comes in the form of hard-won grace and moments of connection between us and nature.
Our values reflect those of a business started by a band of climbers and surfers, and the minimalist style they promoted. The approach we take towards product design demonstrates a bias for simplicity and utility.
For us at Patagonia, a love of wild and beautiful places demands participation in the fight to save them, and to help reverse the steep decline in the overall environmental health of our planet. We donate our time, services and at least 1% of our sales to hundreds of grassroots environmental groups all over the world who work to help reverse the tide.
We know that our business activity – from lighting stores to dyeing shirts – creates pollution as a by-product. So we work steadily to reduce those harms. We use recycled polyester in many of our clothes and only organic, rather than pesticide-intensive, cotton.
Staying true to our core values during thirty-plus years in business has helped us create a company we're proud to run and work for. And our focus on making the best products possible has brought us success in the marketplace.