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Which kind of waders do you prefer to use during steelie season if you have both?

neopremes
- 13 (19.7%)
breathables
- 53 (80.3%)

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doja

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Which do you prefer? neos/breathable
« on: January 10, 2009, 07:37:38 PM »
I was wondering which waders you people prefer  to use during steelie season? I have both and use my neos during steelie season and breathable for salmon/warmer wheather fishing.

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Re: Which do you prefer? neos/breathable
« Reply #1 on: January 10, 2009, 07:52:28 PM »
Voted neoprene by accident but I only use breathables. Neoprene is so bulky and hot I can't stand them. Get a good pair of breathables and layer properly underneath and you shouldn't have any issues with being cold.
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Re: Which do you prefer? neos/breathable
« Reply #2 on: January 10, 2009, 07:53:49 PM »
definitely breathables for me
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Re: Which do you prefer? neos/breathable
« Reply #3 on: January 10, 2009, 07:54:15 PM »
I'm rather new to the steelie fishing but I do have both neo's and breathers.  I find it really depends how much walking vs standing in water I'll be doing.  If I have to hike I'd way rather be cold in the water than sweat in my gear.  But if it's a short walk and a lot of slow movement and standing in water I'll be wearing my neoprene's.  That is all temperature dependent of course.   When it's warm out I only wear my breathables, got a pair of Cloudveil's and I LOVE THEM!!!
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SmokeyRiver

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Re: Which do you prefer? neos/breathable
« Reply #4 on: January 10, 2009, 08:03:04 PM »
Neos???? give it up you guys your livin in the past man :D you cant beat the breathables out there now a days
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Re: Which do you prefer? neos/breathable
« Reply #5 on: January 10, 2009, 08:09:06 PM »
breathables, have both... never wear the neoprenes
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Re: Which do you prefer? neos/breathable
« Reply #6 on: January 10, 2009, 08:24:08 PM »
breathables and a good pair of fleece underneath is better than neos by a long shot IMO
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Re: Which do you prefer? neos/breathable
« Reply #7 on: January 10, 2009, 10:39:20 PM »
Breathables all the way  ;D
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Re: Which do you prefer? neos/breathable
« Reply #8 on: January 11, 2009, 02:19:13 AM »
I wear only my breathables, hot or cold days, just layer them the way you want. I only use my neos as backups or when im float tubing on a lake.
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Re: Which do you prefer? neos/breathable
« Reply #9 on: January 11, 2009, 09:33:38 AM »
breathables all the way with the proper undergarment keep my warmer than neopreans and easer to get around in and no real issue with sweating and the dampness that will build up in neos when winter steelheading and walking for long periods of time my .02
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Re: Which do you prefer? neos/breathable
« Reply #10 on: January 11, 2009, 10:57:49 AM »
I wear breathable with fleece.
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Re: Which do you prefer? neos/breathable
« Reply #11 on: January 11, 2009, 11:16:06 AM »
Good neoprene's. I have had many a Buddy attempt to follow me into some of our more remote WC flows wearing breathables, and in a great many of those occasions, the end result was their reducing their "waders" into fancy coveralls. They simply cannot hold up to the abuse that neo's can. Of course if you're only working the more "civilized" LML flows with easy access, I guess they'd be fine... ::)

The other factor, quite well exemplified this year, is the cold factor. I find neo's inherently much warmer when tossing offerings out between the ice flows. ;)

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Re: Which do you prefer? neos/breathable
« Reply #12 on: January 11, 2009, 11:20:21 AM »
Except maybe for float tubing in an ice-cold lake, I can't think of any other application in which the neos would outperform breathables.
With proper layering, breathables can be as warm (or even warmer) as any neos.
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Re: Which do you prefer? neos/breathable
« Reply #13 on: January 11, 2009, 03:38:38 PM »
In most weather conditions either will work just fine.

In hot weather neoprenes are unbearable.  Standing in water in cold conditions I prefer neoprenes, and neoprenes seem to take abuse better.
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Re: Which do you prefer? neos/breathable
« Reply #14 on: January 11, 2009, 06:03:51 PM »
I have both of them, but I usually use breathable.       
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