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wading moccasins will be found to secure great ease 

 and comfort to the feet and will help to keep them 

 warm and prevent any risk of an attack of rheumatism. 

 Leather and canvas brogues are universally used, 

 and these should be so constructed that no bits of 

 grit can get down the gusset of the tongue, while the 

 studs should be riveted in. Rubber brogues are light 

 and comfortable, but do not adapt themselves to very 

 rocky river beds; the metal studs also frequently 



BROGUE WITH SANDPROOF TONGUE. 



drop out. This may be circumvented by having 

 studded leather soles fitted. 



An ordinary mackintosh coat is too long for wading. 

 A fisherman's short waterproof jacket should be worn. 



Waders cannot be repaired with ordinary rubber 

 solution, and attempts in this direction will only end 

 in dismal failure. But a special rubber solution that 

 will firmly fix cloth to cloth can be obtained through 

 a rubber manufacturer or a tackle house that 

 specialises in wading gear, and repairs can then be 

 successfully handled. 



