Hip Boot

Hip boots, or waders as they are colloquially called, are a type of boot initially designed to be worn by river fishermen. Hip boots are typically made out of rubber, and completely cover the legs, up to the tops of the thighs or all the way up to the waist. Hip boots are designed to protect the fisherman from water, and allow wading out into deeper waters in hopes of getting a bigger catch. They also help to keep the feet and legs warm in autumn and winter. Hip boots are also worn by many ecologists and environmental scientists who do tests in swamps or lakes to determine the quality of water.

Hip-boots are also necessary footwear during flooding, and can also be a part of everyday city raingear in order to protect from heavy showers (currently most popular in Japan and Russia as female footwear, usually worn with jeans and raincoat)

Fishing tackle

Fish hook	Circle hook Gaff Hookset Sniggle

Fishing line	Braided Knots Monofilament Multifilament Power pro Swivel

Fishing sinker	Arlesey Bomb Bombarda Downrigger Sandsinker

Fishing rod	Bamboo fly rod Fishing reel Fishing rod tapers Fly rod building

Fishing bait	Bait fish Boilies Chum Clonk Groundbait Vermicompost Worm charming

Plastic bait	Carolina rig Deadsticking Plastic worm Texas rig

Fishing lures	Artificial fly Hair rig Heddon Little Cleo Mormyshka Original Floater Plug Sabiki Spinnerbait Spoon lure Spoonplug Surface lure Swimbait Topwater lure Zara spook

Bite indicators	Fishing float Pellet waggler Shortfloating Quiver tip

Apparel	Creel Diving mask Hip boot Personal flotation device Snorkel Waders Wetsuit

Fishing techniques

Gathering	Abalone Ama divers Clam digging Flounder tramping Gathering seafood by hand Noodling Pearl hunting Scallop aquaculture Trout binning Trout tickling

Spears	Bowfishing Gigging Harpoon Hawaiian sling Polespear Spearfishing Speargun Trident

Fishing lines	Dropline Handline fishing Jiggerpole Jigging Jug fishing Longline fishing Spin fishing Trolling Trotline

Fishing nets	Cast net Chinese fishing net Drift net Ghost nets Gill net Glass floats Hand net Lampara net Lampuki net Lave net Seine net Surrounding net Tangle net Trawl net Turtle excluder device

Fish traps	Almadraba Corf Crab trap Double-Heart of Stacked Stones Eel buck Fish wheel Fishing basket Fishing weir Lobster trap Putcher fishing Trabucco

Other	Basnig Blast fishing Cormorant fishing Cyanide fishing Dredging Electrofishing Fish aggregating device Fish toxins Fishfinder Fishing light attractor Flossing Ice fishing Kite fishing Muroami Payaos Shrimp baiting

Fisheries and fishing topic areas

Fisheries	Aquaculture Diversity of fish Fish diseases and parasites Fish farming Fisheries management Fisheries science Individual fishing quota Sustainable fishery Wild fisheries

Fishing	Artisan fishing Fisherman Fishing vessel History of fishing

Industry	By country Commercial fishing Marketing Markets Processing Products Seafood

Recreation	Angling Big-game fishing Catch and release Fly fishing

Techniques	Fish trap Fishfinder Fishing net Gathering seafood by hand Handline fishing Spearfishing Trawling

Tackle	Artificial flies Bait Bite indicators Hook Line Lures Rod Sinker

Locations	Fish ponds Fishing banks Fishing villages Marine habitats

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Footwear

Men's dress shoes	Blutcher Brogues Brothel creepers Derby Monks Oxfords Slip-ons (Loafers) Spectator shoes (Co-respondent shoes) Venetian style shoes Winklepickers

Women's dress shoes	Ballet flats Court shoes Mary Janes Mojari Mules Saddle shoes Slingbacks Slip-ons (Loafers) Venetian style shoes Winklepickers

Other shoes	Driving moccasins Flip-flops Galoshes Platform shoes Sandals Slides Slippers Veldskoens

Wooden footwear	Bakya British clogs Getas Klompen Namaksin Padukas Pattens Sabot

Military footwear	Ammunition boots Bunny boots Combat boots Jackboots Jump boots Jungle boots Tanker boots Trench boots

Sport-related footwear	Athletic shoes Ballet shoes Boat shoes Climbing shoes Cycling shoes Football boots Hiking boots Ice skates Inline skates Jika-tabi Motorcycle boots Mountaineering boots Racing flats Riding boots Roller shoes Roller skates Skate shoes Ski boots Swimfins Vibram FiveFingers Water shoes Wrestling shoes

Fashion boots	Beatle boots Chelsea boots Go-go boots Knee-high boots Over-the-knee boots Platform boots Ugg boots

Work boots/shoes	Australian work boots Chukka boots Cowboy boots Engineer boots Hip boots Rigger boots Steel-toe boots Waders

Other boots	Wellington boots

Traditional footwear	Abacas Abarkas Avarcas Balghas Bast shoes Clogs Espadrilles Galesh Giveh Haferlschuh Hnyat-phanats Huarache (shoe) Hwas Jorabs Moccasins Mojaris Mukluks Opanaks Peshawari chappals Snowshoes Valenkis Warajis

Historical footwear	Areni-1 shoes Buskins Caligae Chopines Crakow (Poulaine) Hessians Pampooties Sabatons

Famous quotes containing the words hip and/or boot:

“He’s a man who shoots from the hip. And a man who’s hip when he shoots.”
—Jeremy Larner, U.S. screenwriter. Banquet master of ceremonies (Pat Harrington, Jr.)

“The best quality tea must have creases like the leathern boot of Tartar horsemen, curl like the dewlap of a mighty bullock, unfold like a mist rising out of a ravine, gleam like a lake touched by a zephyr, and be wet and soft like a fine earth newly swept by rain.”
—Lu Yu (d. 804)

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