Actually now my vest weights about 8-10 lbs, but my Dad and I had some serious changing about 7 years ago. We had just bought digital scales, and thought we'd weigh our vests. My Dad's weighed 22lbs while mine weighed around 18lbs. We both had two full spools of lead, full box of spoon/spinners, full box of jigs, and lot's of misc. gear. We both had big full vests with about 20+ pockets. We both decided to go down to somewhat bare minimums and both bought shorty vests with minimul pockets. It's really kept weight down, yet we still carry a tacklebox in truck in case we need supplies.

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