Orvis River Guard™ Lightweight Wading Boot
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My lovely wife of 367 days surprised me with a pair of these for our anniversary. (She also didn’t complain when I went fishing the first weekend after our wedding. I think I’ll keep her.) She bought them in the same size as my failing Simms boots, which are the disappointing “wet wading shoes” with the Amazing Peeling Soles™ by Keen. Maybe she just got tired of hearing me cursing at them as I spent an hour or more re-gluing the soles a couple weeks ago. (It’s probably a good thing she wasn’t around when they started coming off again in the stream.)
Trying the new ones on, I think they may be a smidge big, but that may just be the fairly deep toe box these seem to have. OTOH, the Keens, and a pair of Chotas before that, wound up shrinking down a lot after they’d been wet and dried a few times.
I’ll swing by one of the Orvis shops in ATL to try a size down, but I’m wondering if anyone on the board has had a pair of these for a few months and can comment on any shrinkage you’ve noticed with the “microfiber” uppers, cold water or warm…
I’ve never had any synthetic boot shrink on me.
I had a pair of Loops that went from a 9 to an 8 after they were dried in the sun by a “friend”
All boots should be dried on the back windowsill, out of direct sunlight. IMHO
Sorry to hear about your sole coming off on your Simms Duncan. I believe that Simms is aware of the problem with, what seems to be a batch?? thats as much info as I have, other than telling you we are testing a new design on the Freestones. Our tester is a 60 year old guy, weighs about 110lbs in the shade and is the hardest guy on boots
Hey Duncan,
Been running into this a lot when selling these boots. For quite a few folks that have bought the Ultralight in my store, we have gone a full size down from their normal boot size. These boots have a wider design than most, hence the discrepancy. Try a size smaller and I think you might be in good shape. I have been wearing mine for a couple of months now, and have been very happy with them so far.
JL
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