Roundup: Fishing Shorts, Board Shorts and Swimsuits

Written By Pete Robbins
Scales Gear Trippy Sailfish Shorts

Some of you down south have been wearing shorts for months. In fact you may never put them away. But for the rest of the country, with the passage of Memorial Day it’s finally time to rely upon them for our day-to-day fishing comfort. Over the course of Half Past First Cast’s existence, we’ve catalogued a bunch of our favorites. Here are links to all of the relevant articles in one place:

Top Songs About Shorts or Shorts-Adjacent Anatomy

 
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