best selection of waders in metro area?

[BR549]

who generally carries the best selection of sz12 neoprene waders (this time of year) in the jxsn metro area? tried to seal crotch seam leak on 1.5 season old columbia gadwalls, to no avail. i've got breathable pair, but looking for a standing in cold water pair of "neopremes". i'll be coming in on flowood side and going to florence, but can come earlier if a trip to north jxsn is beneficial.
stock selection around 'vegas is shy in size 12.

thnx

Best suggestion is wait another couple of months till the New Lacrosse boots come in. You ever put a pair of them on you won't want anything else! They should be showing up about July.

[Jelly]

The new Lacrosses' suck. They are made overseas now and hopefully you don't have a high arc.

Be sure to try them on for sure

[donia]

just found out that (according to the aports center) drake doesn't warranty waders from the waist up...??? WTF

[eSJay]

just found out that (according to the aports center) drake doesn't warranty waders from the waist up...??? WTF

they dont really have to since every pair of drakes i've ever had leaked like a sieve below the waist!!!

[donia]

i really hoped they wouldn't have my size, but they did in m.o. blades... guess i need to put pair #3 (within 6 months...pair 1 bought mid december '13, pair 2 exchanged for 1/6/14) through the pool check, since they most likely won't be worn for a month or few. previous pairs were only worn once in no water or more shallow than defect and defect found in deeper water second wear both times...neither of which were in warm water because they're lst model!

the girl at the counter looked at the reciept and exclaimed "oh my gosh!! they cost THAT much and leak???".....yep

[Blackduck]

I go to Bass pro shops and get the cheapest rubber waders I can find. I really don't expect them to last more than a year or two at most. I'm done spending more than $200 on neoprene that is tough to walk in and leak to quick.

[donia]

i've got a pair of cabelas breathable that work for most of the season, but got the lst for standing in cold water...didn't realize i'd be trapped in a leaky loop, pair after pair after pair out of the box.

[donia]

pair #3 fresh out of the store and only 2 min in water:

[eSJay]

awesome!.............but that big booty logo looks really good on the back glass of a bunch of trucks around here!

[donia]

got refund with these pics and an email from drake telling me their policy with the (store) was to refund if that's what i wanted.

[Greenhead22]

Buy Mack's PW Big Ditch waders

Best I've ever worn and Mack's offers a trade-in deal every year.

[deltadukman]

Drake waders are garbage. I bought a pair bc I was in a bind and that's all they had. Expensive, look cool, leak like a sieve and the legs are so stiff you can't even walk. I know there are people on this very board who know someone at drake that can make it right. Their "pro staff" or the owners. Now wether they will come on here and apologize is a different story. Yes I have a pair, yes they suck. I think they only try to market to the hunt 3-4 times a year jacked up black rimmed 4wd truck crowd and could care less about people that actually try to get some life out of them. I won't purchase another thing from them.

[champcaller]

Mack's and Cabelas are the only waders you should buy. I wear breathables more than half the time now.

Ft. Thompson are pretty good too.

[donia]

i've gotten an apology and an offer to get a pair to me that they know are built well, which i politely declined. 0-3 and i've soured on them. according to drake rep, they only have a 0.8% return rate on 2.0 due to defect...my experience is 100% failure rate with drake 2.0 waders. i have been refunded and not going to take the free waders only to sell them to "make a buck off'a drake"...not what i'm about.

they understand that we've parted ways from this point forward.

[hntrpat1]

Ive got a pair of the "old school" (yes i know but got them on at a real good deal) and other than the "arm holes" being cut way to low. They have worked real well. These are the 3.5 mm. 5mm are way to thick to be walking around in, I don't care who makes em.