Simms Fishing Products Corporation

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Clay Krull

Pat Beernink

Robert L Gibson

Sam James

A packable waterproof fishing wader and system, the wader including a body portion having an integral storage pocket; and right and left leg and foot portions. The foot portions each formed from at least a first laminated panel and a second laminated panel including an outer layer, a middle layer, an inner layer. The outer layer and the inner layer formed from a jersey knit material, and the middle layer formed from a neoprene material having a thickness of about 1 mm. A seam joining the laminated panels is a butt joint using butt stitching. Waterproof tape seals the seam. Laminated panel stretch characteristics are substantially equivalent to the waterproof tape percent elongation. The body portion, the right and left leg and foot portions are configured to be foldable into a storage configuration, and the storage configuration is entirely insertable into the integral storage pocket.

Packable waterproof fishing wader system and method

A fishing wader with a body portion and a pair of booties. The body portion has a front pocket assembly made of three stacked layers of material, including an outer layer having a plurality of hexagonal-shaped holes, a water-permeable middle layer, and a water-permeable inner layer. Each bootie has a toe piece, an ankle piece, and a sole piece. The toe piece has a top layer that is a laminated composite material including a waterproof breathable membrane. The toe piece also has a middle layer that is made of a durable and resilient waterproof material with a plurality of cutouts that penetrate completely through the middle layer. The toe piece also has a bottom layer. The durometer of the sole piece is preferably higher than the durometer of the toe and ankle pieces.

Fishing wader with breathable stocking foot bootie

A fishing wader having a chest piece, a back piece, and a waterproof zipper installed on a side of the wader between the chest piece and the back piece, the zipper extending substantially vertically from an armpit area of the wader to a horizontal seam between the chest and back pieces and one or more torso pieces, and the zipper opening in a downward direction from the armpit area.

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Bozeman, MT, United States of America

Clay Krull