| Waders and boots, to be of any use, obviously must | | | | "burned" odor when sufficiently heated) and crammed |
| be kept dry inside. In warm weather one often finds | | | | my boots full of this warm material. In a remarkably |
| himself so damp that he may suspect his waders of | | | | short time they were dried perfectly. |
| leaking although usually it is only perspiration. Waders | | | | Heating oats, bran or sand and using in the same way |
| thus dampened should be opened and hung up so the | | | | is also recommended but the newspaper treatment is |
| air can get at them. Waders that are actually wet | | | | the best I have ever seen so I pass the idea along. |
| inside demand more thorough treatment. | | | | Parenthetically, you will note that I do not recommend a |
| I learned how to dry out rubber boots or waders under | | | | grain sack for holding fish, in the chapter on tackle! |
| somewhat distressing circumstances. I was fishing a | | | | As soon as the angler reaches his fishing grounds he |
| sheltered bay on Bass Lake, Ind., during a raw, | | | | should remove his waders from the suit case or duffle |
| northeast wind one day in the spring. I was casting | | | | bag and hang them up. Do not pack waders that are |
| from shore, wading out as far as the height of my | | | | wet as they are liable to rot. As soon as the angler |
| boots would permit. I had a common grain sack tied to | | | | reaches home he should hang the waders in the open |
| my belt to hold the fish which, despite the unpropitious | | | | air until they are thoroughly dried. Do not roll them up |
| circumstances, were striking well. As soon as the bag | | | | when storing them between seasons. |
| grew decently heavy I decided to go ashore and | | | | Boots or waders with a leak are worse than useless. |
| forgetting all about the bag tied to my waist, I turned, | | | | The best way to locate a puncture is to blow up each |
| stepped on it, lost my balance and took what the | | | | boot or wader leg with a tire pump and submerge in a |
| youngsters call "a header" into the icy water. | | | | tub of water when small bubbles will tell where the |
| By the time I drove four miles in an open motor car in | | | | trouble is. The poorest way to find a leak is to have a |
| the teeth of the cold wind a hot fire and dry clothing | | | | trickle of icy water tell you about it. |
| were welcome, to say the least. My host, Frank Hay, | | | | A leak can be patched by either inserting a rubber |
| the dean of the northern Indiana anglers, then showed | | | | plug, such as is used for patching tires, or by a round |
| me how to quickly dry wet boots. First he emptied out | | | | patch put on with tire cement. The quick repair discs, |
| the water and rubbed the inside of the boots with a | | | | that fit both over and under the hole and tighten, are |
| dry cloth to remove as much of the remaining | | | | also handy. A temporary patch can be made with |
| moisture as possible. Then he took sheets of | | | | adhesive tape or canoe glue. Best of all, if the material |
| newspaper and placed them on the hot stove until | | | | will permit, is to have the puncture vulcanized by the |
| they scorched (they turn brown and give forth a | | | | garage man. |