The nail polish is to protect the flashabou bodies on my beadhead chronies.

Pantyhose??? Nope.... nothing under my waders other than wet pants and wet socks. Waders have a hole in them somewhere.

Zen has taught me patience to put up with the leak.

To answer your other question, I bought some half and half corkies down at Outdoor Emporium. Sometimes I slide a corkie on my leader, pin it with a toothpick, and use it as an indicator. I bought 15 that look like teeny little red and white bobbers.