Leaky Waders? - Trying Something New! - GRUNDENS Waders 

When an angler is at the pinnacle of their craft, he scores an awesome fish like that! Congrats! Thanks for all the informative videos. Enjoying each, and rewatching them over again.

Love your videos @whitedogtrailcompany - I appreciate the time and effort you put in to these. Just getting back into fly fishing after a long hiatus, and came upon this one. In the market now for a new pair of waders, so I was wondering how these are holding up after 6 months of use? Can you share anything with us yet?

Hopefully these waders stand up and live up to the claims. But the warranty sucks. I said this on Dan's channel as well. Warranties for waders that cost $900 (or even $400-500) are expensive. Period. And these expensive waders should come with a rock solid warranty that does not include a myriad of clauses and exceptions that serve only to dismiss all but the most obvious abuse claims by responsible fishermen. If I'm even considering selling out that kind of dough, my primary concern is the warranty. That speaks volumes and is indicative of how the manufacture feels about the true quality of their product. This is simply my own opinion based on many years of leaky waders and leaky warranties. I'm looking forward to your update a year or so from now.

PLEASE NOTE!!! GRUNDENS HAS REMOVED THE 20% DISCOUNT FOR WADERS AND BOOTS! I'm so sorry for this but they unexpectedly pulled all discounts on waders due to a mistake at Grundens. Bottom line is they removed the discount because the fly shops who sell them were unhappy that other people could discount them. I'm ok with this because we should all try to support our local fly shops! The discount code still works for other gear at Grundens.

As a semi retired water well driller, we have used grunden for over 30 years. I can see why you thought that they would be stiffer. That being said, tough and staying drier has always been my concern. I will have to try them out. I have patched my simms three times. They feel great but I bought them because of testimonials of 10-15 years use being normal. If I got 5 years out of a pair for what I paid for them, I would be fine. As far as the diamondback 6 wt, I will be checking that out. Until I get one, I will use my drifter 2 moonshine rod, then I will switch to the diamondback for euro and swing with the moonshine. Thanks for your info

They look the goods. Will be very interesting how they hold up for you this season. Can’t wait to see you euro for steelhead !

Let us know long term - I say they work no better than any of the others - I have been thru several brands and none last long My best yet: Adams waders - I bought cans of clear plasti dip spray and sprayed them with multiple coats - inside and outside on ALL SEAMS and STICHING when they were new - overspray all seem edges too - I put thin strips of duct tape over the foot seams after I sprayed them (they will not slide in the boots otherwise - the spray makes them grippy) so that my foot slides into the boot easily (the duct tape also seems to help with wear and tear on the foot seams). I am on season two with them and no leaks so far. I am very tough on my waders and fish many days and move often in a stream or river.

Wow! thats alot for waders I just recently purchased a new pair of simms! when they go bad I will take a look at the Grudens! but luckily I will get to hear your feedback before that time comes LOL!

If it weren't the guy who taught me Double Uni's...I'd take a stern view of product placement, even fully disclosed. But couldn't agree more with your assessment: They last a season. Even the ones I get pro discounts with. Anticipating your follow up. And Grundens will get my credit card digits. Thank you.

Im rough on mine as well. Last year I decided to spray them with flex seal. Wasn't perfect but slowed the blead lol

If you must patch leaky waders, i have had very good luck with 3M 5200 marine sealant as a fix... i once had a neoprene set start leaking in the crotch... after i slathered that 3M on i kept that set of waders for another 2 full seasons of 50+ days of wading bone dry... had another set leak around the knees and it held up until i upgraded at the end of the year... i swear by the stuff lol

Gor-Tech never lasts long. Will be interesting to see how long they last for you.

Those waders look nice.

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I gave up on it, I just buy the cheapest sock foot waders I can find. I buy 2 or 3 pairs in advance of the season and just toss them as I destroy them.

Let us know how the new waders hold up. Thanks.

Skwala is the best now

55 bucks on Amazon is all I could do