Nitzey

<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d">I first wore Teva?s many years ago, and I swore by them. However, I got a pair that were rugged and comfortable but they left black marks on the boat which were terrible to clean up. Also,my wife?s Teva'sshoes fell apart a year or so ago, albeit after several years of use. After a long series of discussions with a woman representative, whose name I cannot remember, we got Toachi?s for me and her. Mine did not last but she had not worn out one of her previous Teva shoes and so she has yet to wear her Toachi?s. <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-comfficeffice" /><o></o><P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d"><o></o><P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d">Meanwhile I bought a pair of Sperry?s but they did not last either.<o></o><P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d"><o></o><P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d">Here is what I need:<o></o><P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d"><o></o><P style="TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1" class=MsoListParagraph><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; COLOR: #1f497d; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore">·<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> <SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d">A shoe which will not mark a boat deck.<o></o><P style="TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1" class=MsoListParagraph><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; COLOR: #1f497d; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore">·<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> <SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d">Comfortable all day.<o></o><P style="TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1" class=MsoListParagraph><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; COLOR: #1f497d; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore">·<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> <SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d">Able to be wet many times a day.<o></o><P style="TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1" class=MsoListParagraph><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; COLOR: #1f497d; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore">·<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> <SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d">Sturdy enough for support on a pitching boat.<o></o><P style="TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1" class=MsoListParagraph><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; COLOR: #1f497d; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore">·<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> <SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d">Will last at least a year.<o></o><P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d"><o></o><P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d">I would be very pleased to be a confirmed Teva customer once again. They say they have solved their problem with the Toachi's. I hope so.<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d"><o></o>

Speckulator

A little common sense here folks....A leather boat shoe, ie sperrys, getting wet several times a day and drying out as muchis not gonna last a year..... a deck/boat shoe is gonna slide if you step in oil or blood or slime......they are not a magical thing...you hafta be careful......Crocks are not allowed on my boat cuz when they wear on the bottom, you'l bust yer azz, plus they hold dirt and grime in the pores of the rubber.....Sperry makes a good quality shoe as does Rugged Shark....I see some fishermen wearing New Balance.....I have no experience with them......Cabelas has a shoe available.....I go thru 2-3 pairs of boat shoes/deck shoes a year......I use the sperry flip flops........the leather wears out quickly but they don't get stinky like alotta shoes/flipflops do.......The leather doesn't seem to hold the odors that some of the neopreme/rubber shoes do.....YMMV....Good luck in finding something that works for you.....

George

Liquid Fun

When it is cold I wear an old pair of Sperry Topsiders. When it is warm I wear Pelagic filp flops, the material they use to make the top of the sole does not get slick when wet and do not mark up the boat.

Baitcaster

and they float !

Jighead

I agree 100%. Only one problem... they can get hot. Great traction and non marking. BTW... crocs have some awesome boots for winter fishing. Hell I'd wear Crocs underwear if they'd make it.

swhiting

I'm going with anything but barefoot..... I also don't skydive and do wear a helmet while operating a motorcycle.



I never felt an unruly King slice the end of my toe. I kept washing the boat down wandering where all the blood was coming from, then I looked at my toe. A surgeon could not have cut it any better.

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