Viper Gen 2 Special Ops Fleece Jacket | Coyote or Green | Hardwearing Fleece for Dog Training, Shoot Days & the Field

A good fleece is one of those things you don't think about until you haven't got one. You're out early, it's cold, there's wind coming across the field, and whatever you've grabbed isn't doing the job. That's when you wish you'd sorted it properly.

This is the one I'd sort it with.

The Viper Gen 2 Special Ops Fleece is built for people who actually use their kit. It's not a fashion layer. It's not a lifestyle piece. It's a proper, hardwearing fleece that does what a fleece is supposed to do - keeps you warm when you're out in the field, moves with you when you're working, and holds up to the kind of use that most fleeces don't.

The thumb holes in the elasticated cuffs are the detail that makes the difference. When you're handling a dog - casting, stopping, working cover - your sleeves stay exactly where you put them. No pulling, no bunching, no faffing about. Once you've trained in a fleece with thumb holes you won't go back to one without.

The contrasting panels on the shoulders and forearms aren't just there to look the part. Those are the areas that take the most wear - bag straps, rucksacks, brushing through cover. Viper have reinforced exactly the right places. It's the kind of thing you notice after two seasons, when the rest of the fleece still looks solid and the panels have taken the punishment instead.

It's unisex too. Bryony wears a Small. I wear a Medium. Same jacket, same performance - sized for both. Check the size guide and you'll be sorted.

Full-length front zip with chin guard, two zipped lower pockets, hook and loop patch on the left arm for a badge or ID, and the Viper snake head logo on the back. Clean, functional, built to last.

If you're after a mid-layer that actually works outdoors - for training, for the shoot, for early mornings when the temperature hasn't decided what it's doing yet - this is it.

FEATURES AT A GLANCE

• Elasticated cuffs with thumb holes
• Hook and loop patch on left arm
• Chin guard
• Contrasting reinforced panels on shoulders and forearms
• Two lower zipped pockets
• Full-length front zip
• Viper snake head logo on back
• Unisex fit - available Small through XXL
• Material: 100% Polyester