I have a great BPS 1972 ballcap that I like to wear when out fishing but it's a tan color and when I wear it with my hotel logo shirt that's the same color I look like a zookeeper, so when shopping today I was looking far a darker color fishing cap.

 

Just about every cap out there is a mesh trucker style cap.

 

Did I time warp back to the 1970's?

 

(And before someone chimes in about sun protection and wide brimmed hats I have those as well but I prefer a ballcap and a gaiter. I also wear the ball cap when we do our Fishing with the GM at the hotel.)

I'm 25 and as a young teenager I loathed the net back hats, but several years ago I noticed they were putting mesh back on some really nice hats and I fought it for awhile but eventually it hooked me too and now that's mostly all I wear. 

 

I'm top of head hair challenged.  I wasn't always that way.  Back in the seventies, I had my hair cut by a "stylist".  Today, I get the #1 cut at a barber shop.  Ball caps have always been the standard bass fishing head covering.  I have a closet full of them.  A few from tournaments that are over 40 years old.  It's hot in Florida, so I preferred mesh hats as they are cooler.   About ten years ago, I went to my wife's dermatologist.  She's light skinned and I'm definitely not. What looked like a small spot on my head about the size of a pencil eraser turned out to be skin cancer.  It wasn't melanoma, but it needed to be removed. I ended up with a cut on my head about 3 inches wide.  My son is an avid fisherman as well.  He's had his ears reconstructed twice.  For all those reasons, I wear a large floppy hat.  It's looks stupid, but given the alternative I'm OK with it.

 

 

3 hours ago, Captain Phil said:

It looks stupid, but given the alternative I'm OK with it.

 

   I heartily agree. I had skin cancer, and now I really don't give a rat's patootie whether it looks stupid to other people or not. I cover up.  

   Have a good one.      jj

3 hours ago, Captain Phil said:

I'm top of head hair challenged.

 

 

On 7/3/2021 at 11:39 PM, Koz said:

I have a great BPS 1972 ballcap that I like to wear when out fishing but it's a tan color and when I wear it with my hotel logo shirt that's the same color I look like a zookeeper, so when shopping today I was looking far a darker color fishing cap.

 

Just about every cap out there is a mesh trucker style cap.

 

Did I time warp back to the 1970's?

 

(And before someone chimes in about sun protection and wide brimmed hats I have those as well but I prefer a ballcap and a gaiter. I also wear the ball cap when we do our Fishing with the GM at the hotel.)

Dont forget your in rural Georgia…

I have a Dark green BPS hat from the eighties that’s a little too small but I’ll wear it occasionally to relive  the old times…

Bill dance hat!!! It’s been my main hat my whole life. People thought it was goofy when I first started wearing it and now Almost everyone wears mesh back hats 

On 7/4/2021 at 4:49 AM, roadwarrior said:

 

You should be dancing. Yeah !

After five scars 2 1/2 - 3" long from having skin cancers cut out, style means nothing.  I want the widest brim hat with the neck cover flap on the back I can get.  Very much like Captain Phil has on.  Found some real nice one a couple of years ago with the neck cover flap and bought a 1/2 dozen, because they are not always easy to find like that. 

I always wear a hat. When I was younger, I had a really really short haircut. Spent a few days working outside 12 hours a day in the summer and got sunburn on top of my head. It was dark brown, burnt and peeling. All of my hair never grew back and I got a permanent mole the size of a dime on my temple. I have worn a hat whenever I’m in the sun ever since. I still have good amount of hair, and no man on any side of my family ever went bald, but the area where the worst burn was is thinner and is never coming back.

1 hour ago, CrankFate said:

I always wear a hat. When I was younger, I had a really really short haircut. Spent a few days working outside 12 hours a day in the summer and got sunburn on top of my head. It was dark brown, burnt and peeling. All of my hair never grew back and I got a permanent mole the size of a dime on my temple. I have worn a hat whenever I’m in the sun ever since. I still have good amount of hair, and no man on any side of my family ever went bald, but the area where the worst burn was is thinner and is never coming back.

That’s why I don’t understand wearing a mesh hat. I prefer full coverage, and better yet a hat with a decent UPF rating.

1 hour ago, Koz said:

That’s why I don’t understand wearing a mesh hat. I prefer full coverage, and better yet a hat with a decent UPF rating.

I don’t know? I only started wearing the mesh back hats this season. No problems, though. I think with my hair all pressed down it’s ok. I wouldn’t wear it with a very short haircut.

10 hours ago, Koz said:

That’s why I don’t understand wearing a mesh hat. I prefer full coverage, and better yet a hat with a decent UPF rating.

The mesh is to breathe 

12 hours ago, TnRiver46 said:

The mesh is to breathe 

I understand why the mesh is there, but when you fish and spend hours in the sun day after day protection from the sun is far more important.

1 hour ago, Koz said:

I understand why the mesh is there, but when you fish and spend hours in the sun day after day protection from the sun is far more important.

I’ve got hair where the mesh part is, top of the head not so much….. hahaha

On 7/4/2021 at 6:27 AM, jimmyjoe said:

 

   I heartily agree. I had skin cancer, and now I really don't give a rat's patootie whether it looks stupid to other people or not. I cover up.  

   Have a good one.      jj

 

Dude, I wear a camera on my head, rarely shave, and I have "Lady President" reels that I like to think of as being salmon color rather than pink. They were 66% off from Pflueger so heck ya I bought some. I don't care much what people think of my appearance. Never have been.

 

Having skin cancer because you didn't wear a hat looks "stupid". Wearing a Gilligan hat to protect yourself looks pretty doggone intelligent to me. And I swear I'm getting very slight burns through my ballcap.

 

I just bought UV shirts that are slightly small and make me look fat - well I look as fat as I actually am now. UV gloves I have yet to try.

 

Besides you'll always look cooler than a golfer.  I mean yikes!

Speaking of the 70s.  You think my hat looks stupid, you should have seen me in my green jumpsuit!  ?

I think my brother sent me a picture of the perfect hat for this thread 

9 hours ago, Captain Phil said:

Speaking of the 70s.  You think my hat looks stupid, you should have seen me in my green jumpsuit!  ?

That's what i thought this topic was about. I wanted to see the new jumpsuits.