Hip boots?

[Tarponjim]

If you're floating any rivers, you'll still want chest waders, even if you roll them down to waist-highs. Otherwise, you'll have a wet butt at some point in the day! Not sure about hippers when the wind starts roaring on a lake either. I'd suspect you'd take a wave at some point. I've done that on large flat rivers when the wind kicks up a chop. I've been fishing from frameless Scadden's lately. Framed pontoons before that. The seat sometimes gets wet on both.
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