I also had a pair of TailWater breathables. They were a part of the last days of Streamline and my pair lasted almost three seasons as had the previous Streamlines. I liked the built-in knee pads and was very happy with them.
Nowadays, I have a pair of three-season-old Simms neoprene stockingfoots for saltwater wading and float-tubing. I also have a pair of Simms breathable stockingfoots for my river work. It's the wading shoes that I have had to deal with. The saltwater destroyed a couple pair of good leather wading shoes. I solved the problem by wearing Patagonia Marlwalkers, which were made for saltwater flats wading. I slip a little on wet kelp, which can be remedied by drilling some small hex-head screws into the soles (kinda like Chota), but it hasn't been a big problem. I always wear a light pair of neoprene socks between my stockingfoots and wading shoes. Not so much to keep warm but to keep the wading shoes from chafing through my neoprene bootfoots when walking. A number of years ago, on a very hot day, I was walking and fishing a long distance up and down the Deschutes. My wading shoes wore a hole in the heel of my waders! I began wearing wool socks over all my waders until they introduced neoprene socks.
