Maurice
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Here we go again...Last year about this time I sprung for the proguide 2 waders and they wore out at the inside knee seam in about ten outtings. I sent them back and they replaced them with the PG3's, new knee designs. Great right? Well, I'm not so sure. I have been fishing them since April and on many occassionshave been "in" up to my crotch fishing, crossing, etc. Never leaked except for a couple small wet spots here and there. I didn't think too much of it. Well, last week I fished the breeches in the slow water and was in up to the t-bags for over an hour. The water was COLD. and after a while I began to feel a chill. I attributed it to wearing jeans a little late in the season.
When I got back to the car and pulled them down my jeans were SOAKED from the knee down to my ankles, my feet were dry. I thought, WOW, they leak. So since they were wet on the inside, thinking I am sending them back I immediately turned them inside out.
The next day I fished with the same fellow and when I went to turn them right side in there was about 12oz of water in each bootie. We were amazed. I fished deep and crossed all day and not even a wet spot.
I think the problem is that the seams dont leak because that would have shown the next day. The problem is likely that the material soaked up the water and it permeated the breathable material.
I am calling Orvis tomorrow.
anyone else see this with their PG3's
Maurice
When I got back to the car and pulled them down my jeans were SOAKED from the knee down to my ankles, my feet were dry. I thought, WOW, they leak. So since they were wet on the inside, thinking I am sending them back I immediately turned them inside out.
The next day I fished with the same fellow and when I went to turn them right side in there was about 12oz of water in each bootie. We were amazed. I fished deep and crossed all day and not even a wet spot.
I think the problem is that the seams dont leak because that would have shown the next day. The problem is likely that the material soaked up the water and it permeated the breathable material.
I am calling Orvis tomorrow.
anyone else see this with their PG3's
Maurice