Ripped Out Waders Live on in Patagonia's Recycled Waders Program

Hello from FlyFishing Retailer Day Two! Expanding on its popular "Common Threads" apparel recycling program, Patagonia is introducing a partnership that allows ripped-out waders to never say die. Patagonia and Seattle-based Recycled Waders have teamed up to offer fishermen a place to reincarnate their beloved-but-too-far-gone breathable waders. The material is then used to make handsomely simple and well-done fishing bags, like the Messenger Creel, which retails for about sixty bucks. You can find out more about Recycled Waders at http://recycledwaders.com. In the meantime, if you talk to the guys at the Patagonia booth this weekend, you'll probably impressed by their enthusiasm for making leakers into keepers. Hilary

**Editor's Update**

The folks at Patagonia provided some more color on the Recycled Waders story:

Just wanted to say thanks for a fine post and offer a small correction. While we did feature a story on our blog, The Cleanest Line, about Recycled Waders, I wanted to make sure readers of your blog knew that Recycled Waders is their own company - they aren't part of Patagonia at all. We just work with them on the materials that they in turn use to manufacture their goods. Here's a link to the story about Recycled Waders. Complete RW contact info is provided at the end of the post:http://www.thecleanestline.com/2009/07/fishing-waders-trigger-deep-thoughts-about-gear.htmlkind regards, localcrewassoc. editor, TheCleanestLine.com