Waders are one of the greatest inventions of modern man. The practicality of being able to stand in waist high water can come in fairly useful in a variety of situations. There are the more obvious examples such as fishing trips where you have to walk in the water as you push out your boat. Then there are the fly fishing trips where you spend the entire day standing in water. There are also tasks more close to home such as cleaning the muck out of the local irrigation ditches, conquering the pesky pool filter clog before work, dealing with the sewer system or water pipe damage in your basement, or my favorite, maintaining your backyard fishing pond.
The one drawback to waders is the occasional sudden downpour. If you were fly fishing in the middle of a river in Montana when a sudden rainstorm occurred, your waders would be more likely to catch the rain and leave you walking in the middle of a personal puddle than help you remain dry. Fortunately, most fisherman have a decent eye for gauging weather and will mosey back to the cabin before the rain hits unless they have a personal vendetta against a certain fish—then there's no telling what they will endure in their waders.
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