Dan Bailey

Overall a good solid made boot. There a little on the heavy side, you must add your own steel cleats to the soul. I found the tongue to be strange, the bottom area where the laces go thru will tear you boot laces over time, they fit to tight in this area where they slide the metal rings. For the price a good solid made boot with a few design flaws.

Ordered 1 size up from regular shoe size and fits fine with heavy socks. Used them once so far on combination mossy rocks and gravel bottom. The footing was surprisingly good. Very comfortable walking on dry ground, also good support climbing up and down river bank.

These boots are great for float trips and fishing prairie rivers, but upon hiking through moderate to rugged terrain, their incapability becomes blatant. Their ankle support ranges from none to flimsy and the lacing design is poor. When pulling on the laces, only the slack around the ankle pulls through. Tightening the slack along the bridge of your foot must be done carefully--I have owned the boots less than a year and have already sliced through a set of laces. Winter-fishing is O.K. with these, as flows are so slow and low that you can shuffle across any river as delicately as you need to. But with summer fishing comes the need to hike trails, make your own, boulder-hop from hole to hole, and plow across high flows. You cannot trust these boots to ensure good grip, minimal blisters, and no rolled ankles.