Wading in shorts and old tennis shoes

[dan hufferd]

Question for those of us who find out feet in the creek from time to time.

I have always used and old pair of tennis shoes to wade in. You always have problems, rocks, laces coming undone, de lam of soles etc.

I am looking for a new idea/or an old one I guess.

I recently found some neoprene booty like things, similar to diving boots only they have soles. It seems like a good deal.

What do you all think?

The water is down so there is a lot of walking, a couple rocks in your shoe can be a pain in a couple hundred yards.

 

[dan hufferd]

Something like this 

[tjm]

I've been using  Magellan canvas wading boots from Academy for several years now, they fit snug enough at the tops that gravel rarely gets in and a nylon sock rolled there reduces that chance, they have drain holes that work and dry out fairly fast. You have to try them on for fit because they are sized to go over waders.  $19.98

Comfortable enough enough to hike in and mine are 6-7 years old now.

[nomolites]

I wear taller ones that fold down over the laces and clip on them to hold in place.  They work well.  My shoes are high top Soft Science canvas wading shoes and I love them….too bad COVID bankrupted them.

Mike

[fishinwrench]

My #1 consideration on a wet wading shoe is......Can a piece of glass go through it? 

I've never found a shoe that keeps gravel out 100% and also protects my tender piggies.   Stopping occasionally to rinse them out is just part of the game.  

[tjm]

55 minutes ago, fishinwrench said:

My #1 consideration on a wet wading shoe is......Can a piece of glass go through it? 

I've never found a shoe that keeps gravel out 100% and also protects my tender piggies.   Stopping occasionally to rinse them out is just part of the game.  

Even a logging boot won't stop a broken whiskey bottle. I've stepped on two bottles by accident, one ruined a brand new set of boot foot canvas waders ca 1980 as I waded into a stream that I fished dozens of times before and one was in a patch of knee high buck brush 1985. Both times I was lucky enough that my foot wasn't ruined but both time the boot was. Both the loggers and the wader boots had steel shanks. Bottles cut up the sides.  So while I'll agree that no shoe or sock can keep gravel out 100%, I don't think anything less than Kevlar  high top uppers offers glass protection.

[Flysmallie]

I really like just wearing my wading boots. They work really well if you have to do a lot of walking. If it’s a nice clear float in the summer I wear keen sandals. You get a few rocks but it’s not too bad if you don’t have to hike during your float. 

[Terrierman]

I wear flats booties from Academy.

[fishinwrench]

5 hours ago, Terrierman said:

I wear flats booties from Academy.

I dare you to post a pic modeling them. 😅

I was gifted a pair of those once, but I felt like a fairy wearing them, so I let them go for 5.00 in a yard sale.   

[grizwilson]

13 hours ago, Terrierman said:

I wear flats booties from Academy.

Have a couple of pair, they work great as long as you are mostly in the water....much time in the yak or canoe swamp feet bad, mostly use a chaco water shoe and fight the rocks.  If lots of walking, neoprene socks with wading boots lots more support, but again swamp feet if in canoe long.