I don't fish often enough for wear to be a big problem. I wear neoprene socks *inside* to keep my feet warmer in cold water (and fill out those monster stocking feet.)
Kent Lufkin >There's been a couple of suggestions to wear neoprene socks for keeping feet >warm and reducing wear on stocking feet. So you wear neoprene socks on the >the outside of of your waders? > >Gary Meyers >Kirkland > >> 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. > > > >
