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[catch22]

hey novabonker ,i did two things to stop the sore fishing back. the first was to get a pair of waders without neoprene straps, i find those continuously pull down on your spine.i like my breathable waders with the nylon straps .the second was to start carrying a small backpack instead of my overloaded vest.hope this helps   tight lines...............

[Eagleye]

I had the same problem with my neos, but I purchased a pair of cheap breathables from Cabelas this salmon season and the back is feeling much better.   They only cost $80 us plus shipping/duty. 

http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/templates/links/link.jsp?id=0017636830330a&type=product&cmCat=SEARCHFEAT_all&returnPage=search-results1.jsp&Ntk=Products&QueryText=bluestream+waders&sort=all&_D%3AhasJS=+&N=0&Nty=1&hasJS=true&_DARGS=%2Fcabelas%2Fen%2Fcommon%2Fsearch%2Fsearch-box.jsp.form23&_dyncharset=ISO-8859-1

[rhino]

comfortable and light weight boots and very good insoles always do the trick in most cases. Do you have flat feet?

[camtheman]

if the pain stays go to a dirtbike store or maybe marks and pick up a kidney belt
they work very well for your lower back

[coho killer]

try not strapping the neo on the shoulders and use the straps as a belt thats what i do... if that dont work its the vest

[Novabonker]

Thanks for all the replies, My conditioning is excellent as I run 30 miles a week(not all at once ) , weight train (not like Trophy Hunter ) and work a physical job. I'm pretty sure it's the straps as I don't get the grief when I wear my hip waders. Oh my! Gotta run- it's 5:15 and I'm off to my first day on the Vedder in over a year. A long drive from North Vancouver...

[adriaticum]

What kind of physical shape are you in?

Exactly!
It's probably not the waders.
You have to have your body in shape.
Do some strength training for back and abs and it will do you good.

[finnagan]

Try a weight belt around your waders instead of standard belt. I wear mine all the time its neoprene, I think its safer as well. I did a water buffalo on the vedder was only wet from the tits up.

[firstlight]

and the Buffalo let you?

[fletcher]

Novabonker,

Bottom line is you're probably screwed and it's only going to bother you more.  My back started to bother me around age 30 and it just got worse.  I tried everything but with a fishing vest or chest waders weighing on my back all day the only thing that helped was aspirin.  Try popping some before and during your fishing trip and limit the weight in your vest or using chest waders.  I finally limited my back pain by buying a boat, no more chest waders and never a vest on.  Even with the boat, standing all day can really bother my back.  Good luck and hopefully your back doesn't get as bad as mine.

[Novabonker]

Thanks for all the replies. I've started working on a bit more core training, put my vest on a diet and I'm going to the breathables.

[Tadpole]

Get breathables. You can get those Wright@Mc Gill waders for below 200 shells. They also come with back supporting belt build in. For amount of bushwhacking I do in them in last 3 years, they do great.

[fish tracker]

I love my breathables I put on 2 layers of fleece pants and go belly boatig down the fraser in the winter mission bridge to steveston its awsom