"Allen" wrote:

If we're to step out into the accessories I'd have to say quality
breathable waders have made big difference for the fishing I do. Maybe
they're older than 20 years but my intro to them was more recent.

I dug through my pile of old magazines, and neoprene waders weren't even
popular twenty years ago. I remember them being considered pretty
"newfangled" when I bought my first pair in 1988, and it seems that
breathables had only been around for a short while when I acquired my first
pair of them in 1995. All I had prior to 1988 was a pair of Red Ball canvas
hippers, they were so ruggedly made that I still have them (and they still
make my feet blister).