06-20-2009, 12:42 AM
You obviously don't have a grand or more to try out FH solution so go with a cheaper pair. I have used gore tex products since the early 1980's and they're great. However as fair as waders it's all hype as far as I'm concerned. Sure they breath well and repell rain. However it doesn't function as intended when completely soaked/emerged in water or dirty. I'm very hard on waders. Yesterday hiked 5 miles in a pair, half of it was bushwacking over a thousand foot ridge and back down. I also got about 2 more miles in on a rugged stream constantly hitting rocks and branches. I've tried tons of waders from $75 to 500+. I gave up on the expensive ones and settled on Cabelas Dry Plus G2. They last about 2 years which for me is a hundred times out, several hundred miles both on stream and hiking in them. I wear them both summer and winter. Just change from shorts to some sort of pants or sweats depending on the weather. The ones I get run about $130.
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