Well, I am going on my first flyfishing on a stream with actual trout trip tomorrow!!!
one stupid question, I have an hour drive, when you guys drive to the river do you wear your waders and wading boots or do you carry them to the stream and put them on there. I cant imagine that its easy to drive in waders and studded wading boots for hours!
Thanks!
i always get warm in mine, unless im in the water, so i would say no, put them on at the river.
Well if they are new waders you should put them on tonight and sleep in them so they are nice broke in for tomorrow. You can even wear them in the shower…Just Kidding put them on when you get there.
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Alan
raw,
I put my waders on sitting or standing alongside of the car after arriving at the first parking area. I do not take the waders off simply to drive somewhere else. Usually, the waders come off completely when the day is over.
Have a great time.
Allan
Take a piece of carpet or a door mat to stand on while changing at your destination.
rawfish,
Not a stupid question. I always wait till I get to the stream/river. My balance is poor, so I bring a folding chair to aid with waders and shoes. Once I’m dressed, I leave them on while driving from place to place on the river. In the heat of summer, I often wet wade. That’s shoes and cut-offs, but no waders.
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Lotech Joe
Put them on when you get there. It’s a good idea to take an old towel or someting with you that you can stand on before you put your boots on and not get dirt betweenthe booties and the wading boots. Also good idea to take a garbage bag to keep your muddy boots in as you drive home.
The only stupid questions here are the ones you don’t ask.
More free advice: don’t rush to wet your line. Get to the water and study it a bit to see where you think the fish will be and how you will fish it methodically. Go to a place where you wn’t scare fish and pick up some rocks to see wht bugs are on them. Use a seine net for bugs if you have one. Study what’s flying around. Shake some streamside branches to see what flies off. Only then do you tie on the right fly and wet your line.
Have fun. Catch something if you can. Learn!
I put mine on at home…just one less thing to do when you get there. I also have my rod all set up. So all I have to do is get out shut the door (with your keys in hand) and fish.
Hate to rock the boat with all you other guys…i never though I went against the grain on this…but apparently I do.
McQueen
It also helps getting them on if the feet of the waders, and especially the wading shoes, are wet beforehand.
Unless I’m sure that I’m going to be putting my waders on right next to the stream or river, I usually try to soak my wading shoes before leaving home, so they are wet when I get to where I’m going to be putting them on. I always transport them in the back of my truck in a plastic Tupperware-style box. That’s an even more convenient place to store them on the trip home, when the wading shoes are often wet AND dirty.
John
I think it might not be ‘safe’ to drive with some waders on. Sure as heck not comfortable.
I am gonna have to get a picture of me riding on my Harley in waders. Boy do I get funny looks. But for the life of me why change when I move from one stream to another.
Jerry
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wow!
thanks as always…hopefully by this time tomorrow I will have a trout or two under my belt. At the very least, I will have finally fished for real! thanks for all the advice!
Rawfish, good luck and wear the belt around the waders at all times. You can take an old carpet rug to stand on if the towel doesn’t work.
Philip
I remember going to Saturday evening Mass one Saturday with hip boots on and foul duck hunting gear. I sat in the very back row, did my thing and was out the door. The layman never even came by me for an offering…it was cold, mixed rain and snow out, I had a schedule to meet some friends out on Sauvie Island in Oregon and it seem the thing to do at the time. That was around 1971, I was young and on a mission. I probably would not attend evening mass today in my waders.
Not a dumb question at all. Put them on when you get there.
But, I guess I have to tell you two of my friends got married wearing waders. Well, I guess they didn’t technically get married, it was more like an exchange of vows, because their particular state doesn’t let men marry men. It was the queerest thing I’ve ever seen! The waders, I mean.
I put mine on at thr river.
On those really chilly early spring and late fall morings when the heater is going in the car, it’s nice to have a toasty warm pair of waders to pull on in the frosty air.
Remember, there is no such thing as a stupid question; only stupid answers.
I hope your trip went well.
Cheers
Bob
Went I’m fishing one of my “secret” spots,
some place that I 'don’t want to draw attention to, I’ll suit up at home.
Then I can just jump out of the car, grab my rod and vest, and fade into the underbrush 
Friends don’t let friends drive gas hogs
I have a 2 1/2 hour drive to my river so there are a few potty stops involved in that trip. Wearing wadders would be a bit uncomfortable. I put mine on at the river and always have a mat to stand on.
Jim
I thought I was an eager fisherman, but wearing the waders on the ride to the spot!Wow! In between spots I just slide them down around the knees so I don’t soak the seat- unless I’m surf fishing in which case I have waterproof seat covers for the frequent in and outs along the beach- often suited up with a Grunden’s pullover with the wrists wrapped down with electrical tape (neoprene cuffs never totally keep water out for me) The back of my truck has 2 commercial fish totes; 1 for wet boots, waders, jackets (usually 2 sets) and the other has “dry” tackle organized so I can find what I need. I have a couple of those set up for FW and SW- just slide in the 2 totes and I know everything I’ll need is there and they fit so nothing slides around in back. Add the “flyrods du jour” and I’m gone!
In the winter I put them on at home. I’ve had wet bootlaces freeze up on me before I could get them on streamside.
If I’m changing locations throughout the day, I leave them on until the day is over.