chest waders

[b_man360]

hey. i got a U boat for christmas and now im in search of a pair of chest waders and flippers. is there any waders that someone would recomend? i do alot if fishing in cold mountain lakes so i guess they would have to be insulated?
i would like a pair that would also be good for wading in rivers.

thanks.

[btree]

Well, unless you want to freeze your privates off, you will want neopremes for a belly-boat. The trade-off is that neopremes tend to be not the best for wading in rivers when compared to breathables which will not be good for your bellyboating. If I were you, I'd get a good set of neopremes since you can do wading and bellyboating. If you get a good set of neopremes, you should get a couple completely dry years out of them, and then decades of patch jobs I have a set of neopremes that I've had since '95 that still basically work despite looking like I took a shotgun to them and then patched them up. Now only the crotch leaks, but that's expected after so many years.

[lcampbellcutthroat]

cant go wrong with a pair of bare neoprenes in 5 mm will be pretty good in cold weather and not too expensive (around $100), but they will be a sweatbox in the hot weather, a good pair of breathables are much more expensive but much more comfortable, especially in warm weather/hiking, kind of depends on your budget

[Zane]

Yep, I have to agree. Get bare neoprenes. As already stated, they are warm and you can wade in them. I used them for years until I got breathables and I still use them early and late in the season

[b_man360]

are you guys talking about something like this? http://www.canadiantire.ca/AST/brows...%252BWader.jsp

[CameronT120]

are you guys talking about something like this? http://www.canadiantire.ca/AST/brows...%252BWader.jsp

No. You don't want boot footed waders. No way to wear flippers. You want the type with neoprene stocking feet like these ones made by BARE:

http://barefishing.com/canada/waders...ne/sport-3.asp

[professori]

No. You don't want boot footed waders. No way to wear flippers. You want the type with neoprene stocking feet like these ones made by BARE:

http://barefishing.com/canada/waders...ne/sport-3.asp

Actually, you can and should wear boots or neoprene over-boots when you are using flippers (unless you relish repairing your stocking foot waders). You will find tho' that a lace up boot (like a wading boot, or boot foots on higher end model waders) will serve you much better than the Canadian Tire style.

[CameronT120]

Neoprene booties over the stocking feet, yes. Some kayaking booties or neoprene socks from MEC would suit the task nicely. I'm not a fan of wearing wading shoes while belly boating as they restrict my ankle movement. It's also more difficult to fit fins over wading boots vs. neoprene booties. I was referring to the link posted by the OP showing waders with attached boots. I wouldn't want to be paddling with those. Just my 2 cents though.

[ThaSandman]

I have a friend who dives, and he uses Warm water dive flippers in his tube - the part around the foot is softer, and doesn't wear as much. They are much more expensive though.

I have been using the hard white flippers directly over my neoprenes for quite awhile, with no problems yet....and I wear them with bare feet in the summer, but I have developed a flipper callus for that......

$0.02

[eagledays]

I bought a cheap set of sneakers a size or two bigger for my stocking foot waders. You can walk to and forth without worry, and they slip in the fins with the strap on the back of them.