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[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]To repair waders or boots ;[/size][/font]
[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]Mix a soap and water solution.Seal a air hose (reversed vacumm cleaner hose) into boots to pressurize them so air will flow through hole. Apply the water soap mixture to suspect area. Look for bubbles....... [/size][/font]
[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]If you should get wet feet by accident. Place wadded newspaper in boots to suck up the water. Repeat until dry. For additional drying power reverse your vacumm hose and blow air though boots after newspaper treatment until dry. [/size][/font]
[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]Stitch up the hole in your rubber waders with dental floss and coat with shoe repair goo[/size][/font]
[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]To make a quick repair of your neopremes that have sprung a leak. Melt a plastic worm on the hole to fill the gap[/size][/font]
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That wadded newspaper really works! I've used it over 30 years now and guys I was with at the time were always amazed!!
Your repair suggestion, however, wouldn't work for a problem I ran into. I picked up a pair of Cabela's Dry-Plus Premium waders from their Sidney Bargain Cave about four years ago. They worked great until this year. Although I'm guessing I've only used them for about 30 days of fishing, they started to leak just above the neoprene boot. The Dry-Plus material was obviously delaminating from above the juncture with the neoprene boot for about six inches up the leg. I called Cabela's, but as suspected, they couldn't do anything because the waders had come from their Bargain Cave.
I probably should switch to a different brand, or go to Gore-tex, but being the cheap, dumb guy I am, I've bought Cabela's newer Dry-Plus Premium wader at full cost, hoping Cabela would handle any problems this time.
You can be assured I'll get back on this BBS if this pair delaminates, especially if Cabela's won't stand behind their product this time.
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i've asked a lot of guys about the best waders to get , and there warinties , cabella's breathables it seems is on the top of the list .
most likley the bargin cave waders were used , washed and returned before the next season , spring run , fall run .
a whole lot of them do this to keep the one year warrinty active per wader.
rotate the waders and the warenty stays good for years .
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now on your dry+ waders , did you get the stockingfoot or bootfoot ? how are they in cold water ? i winter for steelies and the old neopremes have finally went way of the trash collecter .
i've thought of getting the stockingfoot matched with the backcountry wading boot , but keeping the feet warm is a big concern .any ideas ?
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Mine are stocking foot. I don't have any problem, but probably don't wade in as cold water as you do. I've only wade fished a few times when there was ice on the edges of the stream.
When it's cold, I were a pair of fleece wading liners and thermal socks.
Wearing felt soled boots when there's snow where you walk is fun, isn't it? I was doing this last April and although I frequently knocked the build up off, was always walking around like I was wearing six to ten inch platform shoes!!
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I have some of the Stearns neoprene waders. I am still waiting for cold water here but I did buy some Hodgeman waders socks just in case to wear underneath. I plan to use them when the water decides to cool down.[cool]
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