Fishing Christmas Shirt Trout Santa Suit Gingerbread Christmas Tree Present Bow

Four trout swim in a stack, and no two neighbors face the same way. The top one heads left, the next turns right, and the pattern trades sides all the way down the print. It gives the whole design the feel of a cold stream in late December, with every fish dressed for a different corner of Christmas.

The Fishing Christmas Shirt Where a Trout Wears the Santa Hat

Our Fishing Christmas Shirt is a trout-themed Christmas tee for anglers who would rather dress up the fish than the lawn. The top trout wears a Santa hat with a pom-pom, a fluffy beard tucked beneath its jaw, and a belt with a gold buckle cinched around its middle, a snowflake sitting on the coat beside it. The second trout has turned into the Christmas tree itself, wound in garland strung with ornaments, a big bow at one shoulder and a small star near its tail. Fish in costume. It sounds like a joke, yet the spots, fins, and open mouths are drawn with the patience of a field guide, so every one of them still reads as a trout before it reads as anything else.

Peppermint Icing and a Plaid Scarf on the Gingerbread Trout

The third trout is gingerbread, with wavy icing piped along its sides, round peppermint candies set between the lines, and a plaid scarf knotted at its gills with a sprig of holly tucked into the fold. The last one is the present, wrapped in snowflake paper, tied with a wide ribbon bow and a pinecone resting at the knot. Snow dusts the edges of every trout, so the four of them look like they swam out of the same storm. We pictured the person who keeps a fly box within reach of the Christmas tree, the one who ties flies at the kitchen table in December and still has opinions about last season’s brook trout. The tee suits that angler, and it suits the sister or spouse who has to buy for them and ran out of lure ideas two Decembers ago.

When Does a Santa-Suit Trout Still Make Sense After December?

The design is a set of trout in holiday dress rather than a single dated greeting, so it fits a winter morning at the river just as well as a December family dinner. The trout stay the same. Only the season changes.

Whoever opens this one will probably pick a favorite trout within seconds, and the one in the plaid scarf is a strong contender.