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This isn't very useful for most everyday knots. I find myself using it mostly for nail knots.

This pack is another solidly made Fishpond product, but just doesn't meet my needs. It rides high on my fat belly, the zipper isn't convenience and holstering your net isn't a simple feat as it should be. I like a little more room as well. If you don't need something waterproof, you might be better suited to opt for their Cross Current chest pack. That has everything I need and then some, but seems far more of a user friendly design. Nice pack, just not for me.

Arrow scissors don’t cut very well or finely. The bobbin works but isn’t the fanciest. Good set of tools but maybe too expensive for what you are getting.

It reels in and holds line like it’s supposed to. The color is weird, too yellow to be called olive green IMO, and doesn’t match most green colored fly rods blanks very well. I wish Lameson would go back to the ported styling of their older Litespeed and Speedster reels rather than this skeletonized, spider web looking style that every reel maker seems to be copying these days. Not made in the USA like most older Lamsons, either. It’s a decent reel but will not be going on my new 9’ 6wt Sage R8 Core as I had intended, it’s just not a nice looking enough reel for that rod. This will be a beater reel for driftboating.

I’ve had these a little while, and they are very sharp. But I discovered the points of the scissors aren’t very robust and are easily bent. I dropped mine onto a wooden floor and one of the fine tips bent so I had to re-grind the points. I haven’t had the same problem with Loon scissors, which seem more robust.

These are absolutely well-made and durable waders. However, I simply don't reach for them as much as I expected because they are so heavy-duty. Simply put, the material is thick enough that they are noticeably more difficult to move in as compared to my Freestones, even after dozens of water days. Granted, I generally hike a fair distance and need to climb over many blow-downs, so if you are not moving much or fish in very harsh conditions, you might want these for the durability. However, for the money I'm almost certainly going to go for two pairs of Freestones than one pair of G3 Guides.

Decent sighter material, but the color fades quicker than other sighter materials I’ve used

I wanted to like this pack, but it just didn't do it for me. The net holster in the back wasn't as easy to get a net in and out of. There are plastic tabs to help attach the straps to the physical pack and they would poke into my chest, which is annoying and uncomfortable. Lastly, I wanted a waterproof pack to possibly replace my Umpqua Rock Creek chest pack, but the Umpqua is tough to beat in the way they have their attachment points and small side mesh pockets which minimizes stuff dangling...unfortunately the Fishpond doesn't have that which I knew going into.

Thomas and Thomas definitely makes good looking rods. The Zone is cool with its electric blue blank and chrome tube. With that being said I do think it is overpriced for what you are getting. The last two years all rods have gone up in price massively. The older Zone is almost identical to the older Blue Fenwick Aetos which is a killer rod that was a great price (MSRP $200) a few years ago. There are some rods out in the market like the older Aetos ( not the new gray / black one) and the Redington Vice or TFO Pro II that were built with similar specs to some of the most popular / expensive rods on the market and perform very similarly for a fraction of the price. Performance of the Zone is good. Personally I prefer the sensitivity of a TFO Pro II or the Redington Vice in the 5wt to the Zone for a few hundred bucks less. If you want to look cool and have extra money to burn the Zone is cool. I do think T&T makes great rods. The newer Zone (gray / black) I feel the same way and it compares to the new Fenwick Aetos. I personally don't think there's much of a difference in the mid range $500-$600 rods vs the lower mid $200-$300 rods.

In the beginning, this was really good. But only after one year it broke very easily. This was. Not the case with tippet from other brands that were of similar age and stored together.