57, and I can look lean and racy on a bicycle.
I was at the parking lot for Russian River NFS access wearing this hat, a 40% beaver Milano - it took a lot grief on one trip to Alaska.
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(this was accessing the ferry side from Sterling hwy - my buddy had to combat fish for sockeye one afternoon, so I let him get is fill)
But as I was rigging to head down to the river (a day just like today) a mouthy girl parking with her dad a few spots over said, "What are you, some kind of a cowboy." I told her I was. Her dad said, "now, this isn't a fashion show." His hat proved that.
And again, waiting for the return flight at the Anchorage airport - one of few places you stumble across trout wizard friends - 3 of my buddies from Texas were coincidentally there.
When you fly with a hat, you wear it, because it doesn't pack well. There was an NCO waiting for the same flight, who had to make an editorial, "Ah, best beaver I've seen all day." Didn't shave me a bit.