Approach Pants

Reinforced for the cast you take kneeling on wet rock.

The walk in wrecks pants. Shale, briars, wet log crossings, and the low crawl up to a pocket where a fish won't spook. This one is built for that.

Darted knees hold their shape all day, with a second layer of fabric over them for the kneeling casts small water forces on you more often than not. Four-way stretch nylon and a gusseted crotch mean stepping over a blowdown doesn't pull the whole pant with you. The face is abrasion resistant and treated with a PFAS-free EMPEL™ water-repellent finish, so a knee in the creek or a morning through wet rhododendron doesn't soak through on contact.

One zippered cargo, one open cargo, one zippered back. YKK America zippers throughout.

Fit: Loose cut with room to high-step over deadfall and kneel without the seat pulling. Enough room for thick long underwear on a March morning. The stretch waist covers a range of sizes and doesn't dig in when you're bent over rigging.

Care: Machine wash cold. No bleach, no dry cleaning. Hang dry or tumble dry low. Iron on low if you need to.

Made in USA. Berry compliant: fiber, yarn, and fabric all made in the USA, sourced through a supplier in Cleveland, Ohio. Zippers, waist elastic, pocket mesh, and labels all US-made. Sewn in New York. Every part, domestic.