Footwear for fishing waders

   If you choose a wader without any boot or shoe on it, you will have to buy one separately. There are a lot to choose from and a wide range of prices. If this is your first pair of footwear or fishing boot, I suggest going to the most expensive place that sales them and get as much information as you can get from the salesperson. Try on all the different types as you can. Try the low tops, high tops, cleats (lugs) and felt bottoms. Once you have picked a style, now go home and call around and find the store that sells that type the cheapest and go there and by them.

   The reason I do it this way is that most salespeople at the more expensive store usually know more about the footwear. The more inexpensive stores I go to you sometime have trouble finding someone to wait on you and they usually don't know much about fishing footwear. Now you can read the information on the box of footwear and  find what you want without a salesperson. Who knows you might just buy the footwear for your fishing waders there. That's me, I usually have a salesperson that has a good personally and is very knowledgeable and I end up just buying them right then and there.

   Be sure you go home and practice getting in and out of your fishing waders and putting on and tying your footwear. You will find that if you practice at home putting them on you don't get flustered when you are at the river trying to go fishing. Now that you feel comfortable putting your fishing waders and footwear, Go Fishing.

   You have now made it possible to fish in a lot more spots. You now do not have to worry about if there is enough area to stand or sit on the bank and keep dry. Also, you can get closer to the spot or holes where the fish hang out and do not have to cast as far.

   Remember, if you are not well experienced with fishing with fishing waders, take it slow and do not go to far out into the water. You need to know the type of bottom on the river or lake and move slowly. you never know when it will drop off quickly. To many fishermen get hurt or even killed by being over confident.

  

Fishing Waders

 Fishing Waders

   There are several types of fishing waders you can choose from. Some fishermen have more than just one kind. That way you can choose the wader for the different kind of fishing you will be doing. You can have a boot wader which is just a long boot that goes up to about your knee. You would use these in small streams and not very deep. Then you have hip waders. These you would use on a little deeper stream. You can use these for putting out your duck decoys if you don't have a boat too. These types are usually rubber or neoprene and work well.

   The next type are chest fishing waders. These come in many types of material. The breathable type are lighter. I feel you should not skimp on these you should get the best you can afford. Some come with boot attached to the fishing wader and some come with no boot or shoe attached. You decide what you like and get them. You obviously can go into water much deeper in the water than the boot or hip type fishing wader, but be careful and don't go deeper in the water than you can handle. You will be amazed at the weight and pressure that water can put against you.

   You can also choose what type of bottom the boot or shoe will have on them. I think you should talk to your salesperson in the store about the two types, felt or lugged bottom and figurer out what is best for you or which you like the best. I personally have both boot fishing wader and chest fishing waders. I also have separate shoes with felt bottoms on them. I also have  a pair of wading boots with lugged bottoms too. You can get high tops or regular height shoes just depends on what you like. I like high top for the extra strength for my ankles. I had hip wader but when they developed a leak I never replaced them.

   Whenever you go out into the water to fish, or any reason for that matter, I feel you should not go by yourself. Always have someone with you just in case you fall you may need help getting up if you are hurt. Even if you just twisted you ankle it is easier to get out of the water with someone helping you.