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deep hole when fishing in quiet water and get 

 beyond your depth, your only hope lies in be- 

 ing able to kick off your boots, sometimes an 

 impossibility. So I repeat, waders are dan- 

 gerous. As to keeping dry, well, on a hot day 

 the active man does not keep very dry on the 

 inside of rubber, as I can testify from long ex- 

 perience. The mackintosh waders are not as 

 warm, perhaps, as the regulation hip-boots, 

 though both will induce copious perspiration. 

 One's feet will literally "cook" in rubber boots 

 on a hot day unless standing in cold water all 

 the time. In wading a stream with deep holes 

 the angler is always worrying for fear that he 

 will step in over their tops. 



Another matter, anything I have ever used in 

 the way of waterproof foot-wear will puncture, 

 and in spite of automobile repair shops it is ex- 

 ceedingly difficult to repair a leaky boot. Rub- 

 ber boots and waders of all sorts are cumber- 

 some, heavy, and hard to carry to and from the 

 stream, yet you will see me climbing on board 

 the morning train, rod in one hand and rubber- 

 boots thrown over the other shoulder. 



In the matter of clothing there are many men 

 of many minds. Some want a light coat, while 

 others cannot be induced to put one on unless 



