LeBaron waders blowout

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(09-18-2012 09:17 PM)MichaelAngelo Wrote:  Hey guys,

For $30 spent today, I will now be able to fish winter steelies with non-breathable stockingfoot neoprene waders.

$60 for bright pink and purple women's BREATHABLE waders. Yes, I was tempted.... but something about spending $60 when $30 will scrape me by... Maybe I should have gone with those .

The $30 neoprene ones will keep me dry for now. Well... I guess i'll still get wet from swetting lol.

Just a heads up, you might want a pair!

I learned a hard lesson about waders a few years (actually, decades) ago. I had a brand new pair of Normark chest waders, was fishing for steelhead in the Long Point area. I was finishing up and went to the trunk to take out my rod tube. I slipped the waders off and left them there. I then started the car to get the heater going and went to the hood where I'd left my tackle box.

When I returned to the trunk to put everything away, it looked like someone had fired a shotgun through the waders. I'd set them down near the exhaust, and it had acted like a heat gun. You could put your fist through the the hole where the hot exhaust had melted them.

Those waders cost $80 when you could buy a new car for $8,000. I'll never leave a pair of waders in back of a car again.