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05-02-2006, 05:19 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: ct
Posts: 37
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I wear orvis silver label boot foot 3 years no problems.I tried orvis silver label stocking foot and the answer is yes you will have to dump the sand out of the boot even with gators on,and wet sand lumps up and is hard to get out of the wading boot.
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05-02-2006, 06:35 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Libtardia
Posts: 21,709
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huh... i just upgraded from my old pair of west branch waders to the wicked tough ones.. So far, i like them, but time will tell... when these kick the bucket i will try out the simms i guess..
I also jsut got a new pair of LLBean's newer version of the ultralight wading shoe- I am in love  |
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05-02-2006, 08:26 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: RI
Posts: 429
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Originally Posted by Nebe
huh... i just upgraded from my old pair of west branch waders to the wicked tough ones.. So far, i like them, but time will tell... when these kick the bucket i will try out the simms i guess..
I also jsut got a new pair of LLBean's newer version of the ultralight wading shoe- I am in love |
Eben - all of my Wicked Tough waders leaked at the seams in the feet (except the ones that tore a hole in a knee from a barnacle-covered rock  )...
Even the Orvis Pro Guides I had before the LL Beans leaked at the seams. I think the MAIN difference between the USA-made Simms and the various overseas-made waders is the quality of the workmanship in the seams, etc - not as much the actual materials. Gore-Tex is Gore-Tex.
That said, the material on the lower portion of the Simms G3's feels indestructible... |
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05-03-2006, 12:12 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2006
Posts: 31
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Buy the best wader you can afford that can be swapped over the counter at your closeest tackle shop. Most have a decent garantee but actaully swapping them out is a PITA. I have always told people just getting into fishing to spend the bulk on the waders... rods and reels come later but if you are not comfortable you'll never enjoy yourself.
I have a pair of Patagonia (Pata-Gucci) SSTs, They are super tough and garenteed through anything. Pricey on the front end but if you need a pair to count on for a tip of a lifetime... can't go wrong. They are stocking foot which suck in the surf. Unless you like heavy feet. I have a pair of silverlable Orvis bootfool. the oldones kind of orangy tan with the neprene on the top of the boot. I think I am the only one I know that still has a pair that doesn't leak.
Muy 2 cents!
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05-03-2006, 04:54 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Holliston, Ma
Posts: 107
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Proline bootfoot waders . Got them from Goose Hummock. Not a bad wader for the money. FishHawk
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05-03-2006, 05:24 AM
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You rang?
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Lowell
Posts: 946
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Love the west branch waders from LL been using them for two seasons with no troubles....you CANNOT beat the warranty! With that warranty I will never buy another pair.
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05-03-2006, 06:06 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Hanover, MA
Posts: 126
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Simms bootfoot are still made special order , great wader for the sand.  |
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05-03-2006, 07:35 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: RI
Posts: 21,481
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Originally Posted by Fly Aquidneck
Buy the best wader you can afford that can be swapped over the counter at your closeest tackle shop. Most have a decent garantee but actaully swapping them out is a PITA.
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Or get the LLBean credit card...Free 1-2 day FedEX shipping!
-spence |
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05-03-2006, 07:39 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Cumberland, RI
Posts: 2,264
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WTF do you guys do in your waders? I had <$100 hodgeman stocking foot waders, and get 2 seasons out of them. I fish 2-3 nights, they LIVE in my trunk and get treated like $HI&.
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Good judgement comes from experience, and experience comes from bad judgement -- Keith Benning
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05-03-2006, 05:33 PM
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Finally
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: FL
Posts: 7,181
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Originally Posted by JFigliuolo
WTF do you guys do in your waders? I had <$100 hodgeman stocking foot waders, and get 2 seasons out of them. I fish 2-3 nights, they LIVE in my trunk and get treated like $HI&.
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We beat them silly.
Razor Rocks are tough on waders...  |
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05-04-2006, 07:40 AM
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Also known as OAK
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Westlery, RI
Posts: 10,413
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Originally Posted by spence
Or get the LLBean credit card...Free 1-2 day FedEX shipping!
-spence
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Yeah.. but thats 2 fishing trips missed....
I have always worn neoprene, generally cheap ones, Hodgman or Redhead Bone Dry....
Got a pair of stockingfoot breathables this year, cant remeber the model, from cabelas... I kept my neoprenes which are more aquaseal than rubber as a back-up pair...
we'll see... By the fall they will leak somewhere... |
Bryan
Originally Posted by #^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&
"For once I agree with Spence. UGH. I just hope I don't get the urge to go start buying armani suits to wear in my shop"
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05-02-2006, 06:36 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2000
Location: Cumberland,RI
Posts: 8,555
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I prefer bootfoot.
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Saltheart
Custom Crafted Rods by Saltheart
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05-02-2006, 07:20 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2006
Posts: 1
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Cablea's bootfoot 5mm thick, going on 6 years no problems
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05-02-2006, 08:01 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Dec 2002
Posts: 8,718
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I got the simms last year and they have aqua seal itis but I am always climbing up on barnacle covered rocks the way fat guys do with their knees and hey,they get scraped but what wouldn't.I like them a lot.Awesome wader for the sand with the rubber boot (which is way comfy)and all but I may invest in the stocking foot and get some lace-up boots with the little spikes on them from LL.Don't forget that LL sells Simms and when you buy from them you also buy the LL warrantee.
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05-03-2006, 07:30 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: somewhere on a rock
Posts: 1,603
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Originally Posted by Sea Dangles
I got the simms last year and they have aqua seal itis but I am always climbing up on barnacle covered rocks the way fat guys do with their knees and hey,they get scraped but what wouldn't.I like them a lot.Awesome wader for the sand with the rubber boot (which is way comfy)and all but I may invest in the stocking foot and get some lace-up boots with the little spikes on them from LL.Don't forget that LL sells Simms and when you buy from them you also buy the LL warrantee.
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I only thought the lifetime warranty was on llbean products |
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