After doing a bit of research, I bought these for salmon fishing in a river in Michigan this coming late October. I am 58, 175, 30 inseam, and wear a size 8 shoe, so according to the size chart I went with a Medium. Overall I think it fits OK and as expected... except for the chest. Given that Medium has a 32 inseam the legs are quite baggy above the knees. The shoulder straps I adjusted as tight as they can go and it pulls the crotch up to a comfortable position, so the bagginess in the legs isnt due to them not being cinched up enough, so it may be annoying but is definitely workable. The socks are quite roomy but fine with thick socks underneath (and fit well in my boots - not to scrunched up or anything), and it fits great in the hips.
The chest is where I really have a concern. Im not quite fit, but definitely not fat - my belly and chest are average - I think I wear a 40 or 42 chest. The top of the wader has a draw string in it, but even with that completely loosened the waders BARELY fit around my chest, and that was with a t-shirt. Not quite sure how this will work with thermal undershirt, regular shirt and/or a sweatshirt (it can get cold in Michigan in October), and for that reason I am really considering returning these. Seems like these were made for someone 510 with small(ish) feet and a chest the size of a skinny teenage boy. I guess its kind of irksome that they provide a drawstring to cinch it tighter, but not any extra material to where youd need to cinch it tighter.
Havent taken these in the water yet (and obviously wont if I decide to return them), but if I do Ill update my post with how they held up to a couple days standing in the river. They seem pretty well built, but the proof is in the putting.
Oh - and one last thing - the pictures show this having a belt... the waders I received had a couple of belt loops, but an actual belt was NOT included, so thats a bit misleading.
Update: after a lot of consideration and angst about being able to layer up with warm clothes (specifically shirts) I decided to return the item. From what I could tell this is good quality, just not the right fit for me if Im gonna be standing chest deep in a river in Michigan in late October. I ended up going with the Caddis stockingfoot waders cuz they had a medium short stout - never considered myself a stout, but it gives the room Im looking for in the chest while maintaining leg length and shoe size.
Not the greatest fit
After doing a bit of research, I bought these for salmon fishing in a river in Michigan this coming late October. I am 58, 175, 30 inseam, and wear a size 8 shoe, so according to the size chart I went with a Medium. Overall I think it fits OK and as expected... except for the chest. Given that Medium has a 32 inseam the legs are quite baggy above the knees. The shoulder straps I adjusted as tight as they can go and it pulls the crotch up to a comfortable position, so the bagginess in the legs isnt due to them not being cinched up enough, so it may be annoying but is definitely workable. The socks are quite roomy but fine with thick socks underneath (and fit well in my boots - not to scrunched up or anything), and it fits great in the hips. The chest is where I really have a concern. Im not quite fit, but definitely not fat - my belly and chest are average - I think I wear a 40 or 42 chest. The top of the wader has a draw string in it, but even with that completely loosened the waders BARELY fit around my chest, and that was with a t-shirt. Not quite sure how this will work with thermal undershirt, regular shirt and/or a sweatshirt (it can get cold in Michigan in October), and for that reason I am really considering returning these. Seems like these were made for someone 510 with small(ish) feet and a chest the size of a skinny teenage boy. I guess its kind of irksome that they provide a drawstring to cinch it tighter, but not any extra material to where youd need to cinch it tighter. Havent taken these in the water yet (and obviously wont if I decide to return them), but if I do Ill update my post with how they held up to a couple days standing in the river. They seem pretty well built, but the proof is in the putting. Oh - and one last thing - the pictures show this having a belt... the waders I received had a couple of belt loops, but an actual belt was NOT included, so thats a bit misleading. Update: after a lot of consideration and angst about being able to layer up with warm clothes (specifically shirts) I decided to return the item. From what I could tell this is good quality, just not the right fit for me if Im gonna be standing chest deep in a river in Michigan in late October. I ended up going with the Caddis stockingfoot waders cuz they had a medium short stout - never considered myself a stout, but it gives the room Im looking for in the chest while maintaining leg length and shoe size.