Great wading boots are essential gear for the serious angler.

I wade fish almost exclusively, and the rivers I fish are slick, uneven, and difficult to wade.

The guys at Squalla Flyfishing sent me a prototype pair of their new RS wading boots months before they hit the market.

They asked me to wear them hard and deliver my honest opinion.

And after more than 100

hard days on these rivers, I can tell you, the Squala RS boots are everything I'd hoped for.

They're thoughtfully constructed and extremely durable, with excellent support in all the right

areas, comfortable from the midsole to the ankle. The stairs step lug pattern on the rubber

soles are the grippiest I've ever used and they take studs easily.

After more than a hundred days, the RS boots show very little signs of wear and the materials

remain rigid and supportive, even though my boots rarely get the chance to dry out. As trout-bitten

listeners know, I only endorse products I use myself. And the Squala RS boots are my first choice right now. I think that the best

boots I've ever owned. So if you want 10% off your next order with Squala, visit squalafishing.com

and use the promo code Troutbitten 10. That's the number 10 at checkout. Fish hard, friends.

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It's still up to you to find those deep pools and undercuts,

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