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FEATURE<br />
UNDER THE HOOD OF<br />
THE G4 PRO JACKET<br />
With spring right around the corner in the northern hemisphere, anglers have a lot to look<br />
forward to. Designed and developed to deliver next-level waterproof / breathable weather<br />
protection, comfort and durability, the all-new, award-winning G4 Pro Jacket from Simms<br />
has you covered.<br />
Spring is a time of year that<br />
represents new beginnings,<br />
transformations, and starting fresh.<br />
It also happens to be one of the<br />
fishiest times of the year – as well as one of<br />
the rainiest.<br />
In order to capitalise on all of the<br />
opportunities that come with spring, a<br />
quality rain jacket is worth its weight in<br />
gold.<br />
The award-winning G4 Pro Jacket ranks<br />
as the most technologically advanced,<br />
performance driven rain jacket Simms has<br />
ever released.<br />
HISTORY ON ITS SIDE<br />
The G4 Pro has evolved from a long lineage<br />
of technical outerwear. Its origin dates<br />
back to 1994 when Simms introduced the<br />
Dry Coat, the first piece of outerwear it<br />
released equipped with Gore-Tex immersion<br />
technology.<br />
The Dry Coat hit the market right on<br />
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the heels of the first waterproof / breathable<br />
wader Simms introduced in 1993. Like<br />
the wader, the Dry Coat was a true<br />
gamechanger and served as the baseline<br />
for other Simms outerwear favourites such<br />
as the Guide Jacket and G3 Guide Jacket.<br />
The original G4 Pro Jacket landed with<br />
speciality retailers in 2008 and, since then,<br />
it has gone through several wildly popular<br />
iterations.<br />
Historically, in addition to using premium<br />
Gore-Tex waterproof / breathable fabrics,<br />
a key selling point of the G4 Pro Jacket<br />
was to provide anglers with ample and<br />
convenient on-body storage.<br />
This way, in lieu of a pack or a vest,<br />
anglers could simply stash all of their gear<br />
inside their jacket and keep it within easy<br />
reach. To accomplish this, in the past, the<br />
G4 Pro Jacket implemented several different<br />
pocket configurations.<br />
At one point, Simms’ flagship rain jacket’s<br />
pocket array included nine different ones<br />
– two traditional baffled chest pockets, two<br />
handwarmer pockets, two hidden rear ‘game<br />
pockets’, a zippered stash pocket on the<br />
sleeve,and two internal dump pockets.<br />
This configuration did provide a lot<br />
of storage but, over time, Simms’ design<br />
team began to devise ways to rebuild the<br />
jacket with a more sleek and streamlined<br />
appearance without sacrificing its renowned<br />
on-body storage.<br />
MATERIAL GAINS<br />
But first let’s look at the main engine behind<br />
the performance aspect of the piece – the<br />
fabric. Since it initially dropped, Simms<br />
used Gore-Tex fabric in the G4 Pro Jacket<br />
and the same is true for the latest iteration.<br />
Specifically, the jacket is powered by a<br />
three-layer Gore-Tex Pro Shell. Pro Shell is<br />
the highest performing fabric in the Gore-<br />
Tex portfolio. In short, it offers performative<br />
advantages across the board and boasts<br />
outstanding durability.
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