It started as a joke between fishing buddies. Someone held up a big brown trout and said it looked like it was doing the tongue. You know the one. The most famous tongue in rock and roll history. Somebody laughed. Somebody said someone should put that on a hat. 

Well. Someone did.

The trout tongue is out, the crowd is going wild, and the river is the only stage that matters.

The Trout Tongue Snapback from Clear Water Trading Co. is for the fly fisherman who takes the fishing seriously and the rest of it exactly as seriously as it deserves. The patch says everything — the iconic lips-and-tongue silhouette, but instead of rock and roll, it's a brown trout tongue. Spotted, golden, iridescent, outlined in orange. It is absolutely, completely, perfectly ridiculous. And it is one of the greatest hat patches ever made.

The deep brown structured crown gives it just enough class to keep it from going full chaos, and the warm floral print mesh back brings a retro festival energy that somehow makes the whole thing work even harder. The orange rope brim detail ties directly to the orange patch outline and the trout's golden tones. The whole hat is cohesive, intentional, and utterly unhinged in the best possible way.

Available in black and brown — both work, both are correct.

Structured 6-panel front. American fit sizing. Comfort Snap elastic snapback for all-day wear on the river, at the campfire, or front row at a concert where nobody will have a better hat than you.

Mick Jagger would wear it.