Field-Test: The Latest In Waders

FR&R puts the top 20 pairs of new breathables through their paces

Here's a not-terribly bold statement: breathable waders represent the single most useful and successful product development in the recent history of fly-fishing. Certainly rods and reels have improved as well, but while I have 20-year-old tackle I still fish, I'd rather spend an afternoon with a colonoscope than wearing a pair of waders made two decades ago. Breathable waders are hardly perfect, but innovations in designs and materials have marched steadily in the direction of greater utility, durability and affordability. Read more – offline – from the current issue; subscribe to FRR.