I had a pair of Hodgeman neoprenes ($60 at the time) that lasted me 8 years before finally dying. I had bought a pair of cabela's breathable due to the fact that fishing the dessert streams the neoprenes were WAY to warm. My first pair leaked around the foot and eventually up around the knee. I returned them to cabela's and they replaced them, I paid a little more to move up to a different model. No leaks in the new ones thus far. My buddy went through 2 pairs of the Orvis clear water waders before finally switching to some Cabela's waders. I would like to get another pair of Neoprenes for winter steelheading will most likely go with Hodgeman again.
Jim > > >
