Thanks to Justin Nolan for stopping in and giving us a first look at the Umpqua line of packs, bags and vests. He is pictured above with the Umpqua Surveyor 1100 backpack and Overlook 500 chest pack. We just received a shipment of the full line in the shop so stop on up and give them a look. Thanks to Mike Colegrove for the gear review of the Ledges 500 waist pack.
For the past few months I have been fishing with a rep sample of the new Ledges 500 Waist Pack from Umpqua. Early on in my fly fishing career I realized that vests were not for me and I have been using lumbar packs ever since. I am always on the search for a better mouse trap and have been through a number of waist packs over the years. Some were better than others, but none got enough things right for me to definitely say “this is the one.” , that is until now. The Umpqua Ledges pack has taken all of the positive attributes of the existing packs on the market along with adding a few innovate features of their own to create the best waist pack I have ever used.
-Mike Colegrove