Quote Originally Posted by fototrout View Post
Just remember if you seal the top of your waders, when you fall the air can't escape, which will make your feet want to float to the surface. This may keep your upper body below the surface, creating a potentially dangerous situation. I myself would rather be wet.

v/r

Bill

I would rather be dry and warm. You won't bob upside down if you have air in you waders... in fact, if anything, it helps you float, feet up/first if you do head downstream.
Just don't panic.

Dry and warm is the key, hypothermia is a big risk that can be easily prevented.

On occasion when on a mountain creek in the winter, I have a friend that wears a fully submersible dry suit. I wore neoprenes and my wet arms suffered... which ment chills at the end of the day. That should have been prevented and could have been dangerous as we were 10 km (quad) to the trucks.