"Flytyer37" wrote in message
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Okay, how 'bout this one. I wear Dan Baileys with the lifetime
warrantee. I've been told I'm tough on gear (blew out two sets of new
waders within 3 days of each other). Ended up with the Baileys and
haven't looked back. Comfortable, they wear well, and they've yet to
leak on me.
Frank Reid


You, my man, ARE tough on waders.....I will vouch for you. IIRC, your
Bailey's cost a wee bit less than $400, let alone $700. The cost of the
Simms are ludicrous, and I don't care how tough they are, unless perhaps
bulletproof.
I, proud owner of the same pair of Orvis lightweights for 8 years, and
another no-name brand of breathables for like the past 6 years, figure that
14 years of pretty solid fishing time, for less than $200, left me a lot of
money for other things. As Rick is fond of saying, YMMV.
Tom