If a cap presses all the right buttons then it’s fine – what more can we expect? Adjust the brass buckle for fit. Note, the peak is black on top and green underneath; dark enough so there is no glare from reflected light. The curved peak is long enough and angles down well Fulling Mill opted for an attractive olive canvas which suits that conservative dress code to which we fly fishers seem to adhere. The finish is nice inside; all the seams are reinforced with tape.

Then along come the marketing chaps who have tried to make their hat more interesting and therefore more saleable. The answer in this case is a small patch of Velcro type material stitched to the brim. A discrete patch where I can hook a soggy fly.

Actually, that is a much better idea that it sounds. My fishing jacket has a fly patch, out of which my barbless flies leap with frustrating regularity when my arm brushes the patch.

Not much chance of my arm brushing over this fly patch. So there is added value here.