Rive White Cap
Match fishing in the sun can be and should be one of the most pleasant experiences that a match angler can enjoy. However, without the proper gear and protection on the bank, fishing in the sun can spell the signs for match fishing disaster. Not only do you face the issue of the fish hiding in the margins, reluctant to emerge (especially in clear waters), but you also have to battle with glare from the water and the sun burning your skin. This can turn a pleasant day into a bit of a nightmare. Luckily, this is easily avoided – provided you take the appropriate precautions on the bank.
The first thing you’ll likely think of in sunny conditions is fishing with a dark bait. This effectively gives your fish a pool of shadow, over which they will feel confident feeding – thus increasing your potential catches. Next up, you’ll probably think to bring along a pair of sunglasses. These will help you cut through the glare that bounces up off the surface of the water, enabling you to better see below the surface. It is often said that your eyes are your greatest weapon on the bank, allowing you to spot the dark shapes of your fish in order to help you to perfectly target your angling. Finally, but perhaps most importantly, you’ll need a sunhat. This is where the Rive White Cap comes in.
You might think it odd to choose white when investing in angling clothing – after all, isn’t it just going to get mucky within the first five minutes of arriving at the bank? Although this might be the case, the colour white actually has some very important properties which make it the ideal choice for the match angler who is going to sat for hours under the baking sun. The most important of these is its reflective properties. Aside from sitting with a mirror on your head, you’re not going to find a better option for bouncing the suns rays away from your face. This is because white sits on the far end of the light spectrum and so it reflects all the wave lengths of light. The darker the colour, the more of the spectrum it can absorb, so investing in a white hat ensures that the entirety of the spectrum is reflected back. Since light energy also carries heat, it follows that this heat is also reflected away from your head – helping you to keep cool even when the situation on the bank heats up!
This Rive White Cap also has a large curved peak. This ensures that that cap can cast a broad shadow over your face. When worn in tandem with a pair of sunglasses, this ensures that both the light over head and the light from the water is shielded from your eyes – helping to improve your vision over the water and, by extension, your performance. The cap also features the classic pin-hole vents in each of the panels, too, allowing a cooling breeze to pass over your scalp. It is finished with an aqua blue Rive logo, which runs across the front of the cap, and it features accents of aqua blue on the peak and stitching of the cap.
If you’re planning on match fishing in the hot summer months – either in the UK or over on the continent – then you’ll need a top quality summer cap and you cannot go wrong with this offering from Rive.