LOOP Waders
There are many waders on the market, which show a completely new design, with zippers and pockets and many other - let's put it this way - not really useful things. This is a very provocative statement which is somehow an affront against their designers. But I am a fly fisher and from my point of view this development has gone too far. Why? Because every zipper, every pocket, in fact every seam that is not really necessary is a weak point were the wader can start leaking and that's something none of us fly fishers likes. So why to have pockets which cannot be opened if you wade a bit more than waist deep? Why not(if they are really necessary at all) put them inside? They are only of use if you want to leave your vest at home but they still do not serve me when deep wading. So the pockets should be at least put inside. But that does not really look f
ancy and does not make them sell better. Hope you can catch me. Now let's have a look at the important things in my point of view that are necessary when it comes to design modern breathable waders: 1. They should not leak. The seams should be waterproof and the material should be to some extent breathable. 2. They should give you the possibility to wade deep. 3. They should not make you go to the banks to change the jacket if you have to wade deeper. 4. It should be possiple to wear them at waist level. If you have to walk for a longer distance this is a must. Otherwise they make you sweat like hell because the breathability of a wader with a jacket pulled over it is very limitted and at the end you even get wet inside before you have started wading at all. 5. Going for a pee must be easy, but it would be even better if you could pull the waders totally down without taking your jacket, vest and all the rest off. Especially women hate that proceedure which is necessary with more or less all waders on the market.
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The suspenders of the LOOP Multi Waders are attached inside along the flexible "belt" and you can even take tem totally off. This makes the waders very flexible in use especially for women... |
The LOOP Multi Waders can be worn as pleased. You can wear them at waist level (as in the picture above) as well as up to the armpit(see above right). As long as I am not fishing or fishing in the shallows I wear them on waist level to feel more convenient. |
Waders with suspenders attached at the upper end of the trousers make you go to the banks for putting the suspenders over the jacket for wading deep. The LOOP Multi Waders you just pull up to the breast(even over the fly vest if you like), tighten them with the flexible belt and ... wade deeper. The jacket and vest stay dry. |
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If you can pull them up, you can also pull them down. The suspenders are flexible enough to make this possible. This means you can go for a pee without taking the jacket of. This is worth gold especially if it is cold or raining. |
Now let me know one thing: How do you change your waders for deeper wading if a big Kamchatka brown bear is showing up near the banks? Think about it! Now you it's up to you to decide whether you buy waders with zippers, pockets, nice suspenders attached at the upper end and many different colours which catch the eyes of a fly fisher - or LOOP Multi waders which funcionality serves the true needs of a fly fisher - in all situations! |