"Wayne Knight" wrote in message
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"riverman" wrote in message
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Yep. You gain a yard of distance because you are a yard deeper. And you
get another yard of line out because you're a yard further from the
trees. So your casts reach 2 yards farther out for every yard deeper you
wade.

It may help a mediocre caster in a few situations but that is not
neccessarily true. The length of the total cast is not dependent upon the
length of one's backcast.



Thats true, but having a good clear backcast doesn't hurt. Anyway, at the
time I was a medicre caster, and changing from mudboots to hip waders did
enable me to cover water that was more than a foot deep. It didn't help me
catch any more fish, bit at least I could spook more.

--riverman