Discounted Fly Fishing Supplies

Off the Record: Pajamas on the bottom, flies on the top

PajamaJeans (or should I call them PJJs?), made in China, are touted on the official product website (and late-night TV commercials) as looking like jeans but feeling like pajamas. Made from DermiSoft, a patented blend of cotton and spandex that looks like dark-wash denim but feels like old- fashioned sweat pants, they are "designed" to look like jeans with five pockets, contrasting stitching and brass rivets.

And, PJJs are "So amazingly comfortable you'll want to sleep in them." I'd add the tag line, "but not be seen in public in them."

Now, I'm no fashion maven; just ask my daughter, who regularly sends me shamefaced back to the closet to change with, "Mom, you're not going to wear that, are you?" but just the idea of wearing imitation jeans (or are they imitation pajamas?) in public is like eating an imitation chocolate bunny at Easter. Why would you do that?

It's true my extent of high fashion rises only as high as getting out of the house in clean, unstained clothes with no torn seams but still, an article of clothing that is multi-purpose — you can work, exercise, travel and sleep in PJJs — is just, well, wrong. As if Americans in general aren't lazy and tasteless enough, now we have an article of clothing that we never have to change out of no matter what we are doing.

And, not only are PajamaJeans "sexy" and "comfortable," they're also an amazing time saver. Because they are so versatile — remember, you can wear them anywhere — you don't even have to take them off to launder. Just wear them during your daily shower, blow-dry them along with your hair and head to bed or out the door to work or jog. Fast, easy, efficient and you'll never have to worry about what to wear again.

How could you go wrong with PajamaJeans? You could start by buying a pair.

Or you could stick to jeans, regular, old denim jeans that soften and fade with age and opt for the latest hair trend sweeping the nation — feather extensions.

Yes, feather extensions first seen mingled in the locks of Aerosmith's Steven Tyler on "American Idol" and now sported by females from Rodeo Drive to Oroville and Indiana to Florida.

Fly Fishing Gear Sale

Bargain prices on name brand fly fishing equipment. Some of these companies are well known and have been marketing fly fishing gear and other outdoor gear for years.

So why do a heap of of these companies offer discounts on fly fishing gear? There is a couple of answers to this question. Sometimes it’s to reduce built up inventory of a queer model or brand name, to make room for next years new fishing gear. Or, they will offer a beginning of the season or end of the season sale on fly fishing equipment.

There are galore websites online that offer great discounts on fly line, waders, fishing vests, fly rod and reels, float tubes and other fly fishing accessories.

There are online outlet stores that just specialize in liquidating all kinds of fishing gear and other brand name outdoor gear. They are perpetually purchasing name brand overstock and closeout fishing gear and discounting it anyplace from 30% to 50%. This is where the best discounts on fly fishing gear are commonly found. The only draw back with online outlet companies is that their inventory changes regularly.

You may find galore splendid discounts on name brand gear like Simm, Sage, Cortland, Patagonia, Redington, Scientific Angler, Orvis and some other well known name brand fly fishing instrumentation manufacturers.

In Summary: Before you buy any new fly fishing instrumentation take a great deal of time to shop online and look for those special discounts which will save you a lot of cash in the long run.

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