Scrub pants?

[bauera]

What sort of trousers do people use in heavy scrub? I have always been a "shorts" person but am rapidly realising there are places where long pants would be an advantage. I can't imagine that cotton is ideal because it is cold and heavy when wet (and Tassie scrub is often wet) and very little else would be both light and tough enough.

[flyfisher]

Mostly shorts and gaiters with a few scratches in between, or if really cold and wet , shorts thermals and gortex etc. overpants.

FF

[tas-man]

Cheap "sacrificial" Rainbird type of overpants with the bottoms cut off so that they come over my gaiters, but dont hang low enough to pick up too much mud. I have had in my mind for years a design for some scrub pants that stop at mid calves (covering gaiter tops) with zips down both sides so you can get them on and off quickly without hassle if your boots and gaiters are muddy. Perhaps one of our outdoor gear supplier lurkers could knock up a sample for us to "field test" in the scoparia!

[Steve]

Cheap "sacrificial" Rainbird type of overpants with the bottoms cut off so that they come over my gaiters, but dont hang low enough to pick up too much mud. I have had in my mind for years a design for some scrub pants that stop at mid calves (covering gaiter tops) with zips down both sides so you can get them on and off quickly without hassle if your boots and gaiters are muddy. Perhaps one of our outdoor gear supplier lurkers could knock up a sample for us to "field test" in the scoparia!

I think your onto something tas-man!