Looking for some comfortable, light weight hiking/fishing style pants. TBH I want straight leg and no cargo pockets. Something I can wear everyday around in the fall and spring and mild winter days as an alt option to jeans.

Thanks

Love my Kuhls.

DargelSkout said:

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I like Wrangler all terrain cargo pants. I know you said no cargos, but they are not the typical style of cargos with the big pockets. Just a small zipper on the side of the pants. Which I don't even use. I thought they wouldn't hold up well because they're pretty light weight. But I've put them through a lot over several years, and they've held up well.

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these looks exactly like what I am looking for. How do they handle water?

I wear King's Camo in solids with other brands of tops. King's preacher pants are really good.
They are very comfortable and durable.

https://kingscamo.com/collections/pants

Patagonia Quandary

LL Bean cresta hiking pants are my favorite for outdoor work.

Jeans, sure. For comfort and tear or water resistance there are better options. You can wear your suit pants, but those have some pretty obvious limitations. My favorite for comfort and durability is the Kiuiu Attack Pant. Kuhl has some great hiking pants you will appreciate when it gets hot. Free Fly makes fabulous comfort pants for fishing I wear through bow season but they get their ass kicked on ranch work weekends.

HillCountry15 said:

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WTF happened to just wearing jeans?! Good grief. And what happened to the red-blooded American man?!?!

120 degrees outside?! I'm wearing blue jeans.

-20 degrees outside?! I'm wearing blue jeans.


If I ever find myself, as a grown ass adult male, asking an internet message board "what kind of pants should I wear for normal weather" may God himself smite me down

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Fixed it

I've never worn the Wrangler ATG pants but I love their shirts.

I got a pair of Eddie Bauer pants in the fashion you described used from a second hand shop that I used religiously on backpacking, hiking, and hunting trips, and for everyday use for about 10 years before they finally blew out on me. I got a couple of new pairs now that I like almost as much.

They are on sale on Amazon for $50 right now. I think the style is called "Rainier"

Coming from someone who has paid his bills growing cotton and whose research crosses into the textile side of the industry on occasion:

Jeans are great. Denim is great.

Unless it's humid or you expect to get wet in any way. Or you're working in thorns or with anything that might catch and tear like sheet metal. Or if it's a cold morning and you forgot long underwear. Or if you need pants that stretch or breathe in any way.

I love jeans

But the "bib-less overalls" made of indigo died heavy twill that we all love were invented in The West (California IIRC) for drier climates. Sometimes what works best is something else.

I won't wear plastic pants though.

Kuhl or kuiu

Both are really well engineered with technical materials. Will last you many years.

And these are the Academy version of the Wrangler ATGs.

https://www.academy.com/p/magellan-outdoors-mens-hickory-canyon-stretch-woven-cargo-pants?

They have a couple of others that are similar but more costly.

Its what I wear while hunting unless its really cold, but way more comfortable than jeans or cotton pants when in a layout blind, Aframe, etc.

I LOVE my Marmot Scree pants. Prana makes a great product also

I have a couple pairs of the wrangler cargos. I like them because I don't like the standard cargo style with the flap back pockets and the billowing flap cargo pockets.

They do shed water, but are thin.

If I need something more rugged I have some tactical pants from Propper and 5.11. They have multiple styles that are not overly "tacticool" and just look like pants but more functional the your standard khaki pants.

I don't really like jeans. That's just me.

Drundel said:

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And these are the Academy version of the Wrangler ATGs.

https://www.academy.com/p/magellan-outdoors-mens-hickory-canyon-stretch-woven-cargo-pants?

They have a couple of others that are similar but more costly.

Its what I wear while hunting unless its really cold, but way more comfortable than jeans or cotton pants when in a layout blind, Aframe, etc.

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I wanted get some of these, but FYI all sizes have a standard inseam of 32". I need them to be longer.

Bought a pair of these to hunt in and ended up wearing them to the office instead. Added a couple more pairs in different colors.

https://duckcamp.com/products/brush-pants-pin-oak-past-season

The TSC brand - Ridgecut or Blue Moutain are surprisingly comfortable, cheap and lightweight.

I love my cargo pants/shorts. You can have them when you pry them from my cold dead buttocks.

Yeah, I'm old.

I also have a couple of the wrangler AT pants. I like them for hiking and camping. A bit heavier than fishing pants but still light weight and comfortable and relative quick drying.

I really like the kuiu kutana stretch woven for hiking. I dont know how they'd be fishing. Same as wranglers, they have pockets but they're not "cargo pants" by any stretch