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A Fishing Christmas Shirt with Four Trout Hanging from a Garland-Wrapped Rod

Merry Fishmas sweeps across the top in glittery, holly-trimmed script, and just below it a fly rod lies wrapped in pine boughs and pinecones with a big bow at its center. Our Merry Fishmas trout shirt is a holiday shirt for anglers, made for the person in the family who talks about opening day all year and still checks the creek forecast on Christmas Eve. We drew the whole scene around that person, so the Christmas decorating happens on the rod and the fish instead of on the tree. It’s a quiet bit of holiday humor the angler gets to wear.

Four trout hang from the rod on small hooks, mouths open as if they’re halfway through a carol. The first wears a Santa hat, with a wreath of ornaments wound around its body and a bow at its chest. The second has reindeer antlers and a collar of jingle bells. The third is bundled in a knit hat with a pom-pom and a striped scarf over a snowflake sweater. The last one is in a full Santa suit, belt and buckle included. Same species, four moods.

Reindeer Antlers and a Snowflake Sweater, All on One Fishing Line

Anglers tend to notice the gear first, and the rod here is a proper fly rod with its reel still attached, the hooks holding each trout like a day’s catch. Then the costumes sink in. The pinecones and the bow sit between the hooks, so the garland carries the eye along the rod from the first trout to the last. This fishing Christmas shirt suits a dad who ties his own flies and a grandfather whose tackle box is older than the grandkids, and it gives everyone at the table a place to start when the fishing stories begin. A group heading out on a holiday fishing weekend can each claim a favorite trout, and the shirt slides easily under the tree next to a new spool of line, a gift that says you listened to every one of those stories.

When Else Can the Four-Trout Fishing Rod Design Be Worn?

Winter fishing trips and cold mornings at the lake work just as well. The trout and the rod belong to the water all year, while the garland and Santa hats belong to December, so the Merry Fishmas lettering only adds a seasonal wink to the shirt.

Pick a trout to root for first, and see whether the one in the snowflake sweater wins the table over.