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When considerable deep water is to be waded, the regular waders, or wading pants, should be worn, These garments are sweat boxes in warm weather and are hardly comfortable in cold but they offer the only protection known when wading streams of fair depth and must be looked upon as " necessary evils."

Heavy Waders

The heavier waders are made of mackintosh or of some other equally stiff and heavy waterproof ma*

terial. Their chief recommendation is that they wear longer than the lightweight. They come with both boot and stocking feet.

Featherweight Waders

The English have produced a wader of very light and thin waterproof material known generally as " featherweight " waders. Although they are not as durable as the heavy weight style they wear fairly well and are more comfortable and easier to " navigate " in. They are made to come well above the waist, with a puckering string at the top and often with a pocket in front to hold a fly book or leader box. Being made only with stocking feet they may be rolled in a remarkably small package.

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