I never fished in anything like this ever how ever last year at the start of the season i was up at the tay. I had on a pair regular cotton long john,s a pair of snowbee thermals and my waders 5 layers and i was absoluetly frozen when i was up to my waist. I ended up fishing no deeper than my knees. I was wondering if there are any thermals that do keep you warm when you,re in at waist hight. I have seen people with breathables on when there,s snow around ?

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I was thinking of getting a pair of those padded ski trousers.About £30 before christmas no doubt they will be £100 now.Has anybody got/used them and if so do they do they job.

Even in the summer/autumn river water can be pretty chilly. While sea trout fishing I use neoprene waders, moleskin trousers and thermal long jons and it still gets a little cool late at night in autumn.

i have one of these ....

Drysuit undersuits made of Thinsulate for diving, kayaking etc.


plus a pair of thermals and my ordinary trousers , thats it

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WHEN YOU LEAVE THE RIVER, TAKE NOTHING, AND LEAVE ONLY FOOTPRINT'S!!!

THA CAN TELL A YORKSHIREMAN ,BUT THA CAN'T TELL HIM MUCH !!

a pair of her tights then a pair of cheap £8 thermal long johns from matalan then a pair of £10 fleece joggers from he same outlet then the breathables. an extra pair of cheap neoprane socks over the waders neoprane bootees...(my feet get cold and this really helps, traps water between boots and waders and acts as an insulator)
in jan/feb discard the tights and thermals and don the 5mm neopranes.....have been fortunate never been cold in the river and only don the neopranes when its baltic/lunacy

It doesn't seem 5 minutes Bruce, that you were advising us all to get one before the winter came.
You don't work for the Met office do you. ?

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And I thought you Welshmen were hard.

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"A glint of sun has warmed the air,The flies will soon hatch out, To lure and tempt from their deep lair, The bonnie speckled trout." SKB tackle supporter. I love Furled Leaders.

There was a post last year a chap thought that breathables were only any good for 2/3 months of the year maybe he had a point ? Last year was the first i had breathables i paid £250 quid for them. A few weeks later my neibour was showing me his waders they were breathable on the top and neoprene from the waist down. how i wished i could turn the clock back great link bbb i,ll be having one of them. they keep you warm in breathables is that right ?

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Wanted spool for airflo balance 7/9

Yep, Wychwood Allseasons, I love mine in this weather.
S.

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"A glint of sun has warmed the air,The flies will soon hatch out, To lure and tempt from their deep lair, The bonnie speckled trout." SKB tackle supporter. I love Furled Leaders.

ya right steven it doesn't seem that long ago and i would still advise them to get one

and if i did work for the met office i could probably get it right more than them

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WHEN YOU LEAVE THE RIVER, TAKE NOTHING, AND LEAVE ONLY FOOTPRINT'S!!!

THA CAN TELL A YORKSHIREMAN ,BUT THA CAN'T TELL HIM MUCH !!

I picked myself up a set of Pringle thermal long johns and top a few years ago, they are the business and well toasty. These are worn underneatrh a normal fishing shirt and trousers, then my waders on top obviously, so I have my three layers.

I use normal socks and also a pair of normal socks over my neoprene foot to cut down on wear.

The Pirate.

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