{"id":3695,"date":"2015-06-14T06:00:16","date_gmt":"2015-06-14T10:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.itinerantangler.com\/blog\/podcasts\/?p=3695"},"modified":"2015-06-12T17:37:34","modified_gmt":"2015-06-12T21:37:34","slug":"fishpond-chaco-flips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.itinerantangler.com\/blog\/podcasts\/2015\/06\/14\/fishpond-chaco-flips\/","title":{"rendered":"Fishpond Chaco Flips"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.itinerantangler.com\/blog\/podcasts\/files\/2015\/06\/chaco-flip_2-e1434144742940.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3696\" src=\"http:\/\/www.itinerantangler.com\/blog\/podcasts\/files\/2015\/06\/chaco-flip_2-e1434144742940.jpg\" alt=\"chaco-flip_2\" width=\"1013\" height=\"441\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.itinerantangler.com\/blog\/podcasts\/files\/2015\/06\/chaco-flip_2-e1434144742940.jpg 1013w, https:\/\/www.itinerantangler.com\/blog\/podcasts\/files\/2015\/06\/chaco-flip_2-e1434144742940-300x131.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.itinerantangler.com\/blog\/podcasts\/files\/2015\/06\/chaco-flip_2-e1434144742940-700x305.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.itinerantangler.com\/blog\/podcasts\/files\/2015\/06\/chaco-flip_2-e1434144742940-332x145.jpg 332w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1013px) 100vw, 1013px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Everyone knows Chaco makes great flip flops. \u00a0I&#8217;ve used a very similar model to the Fishpond Flips above for years (I can&#8217;t stand the Achilles heel-grabbing models with the rear strap). \u00a0When wading with Chacos on, you&#8217;re in pretty good hands, given the structure and rigidity of the sandal; much much sturdier than, say, a pair of Reefs or Rainbows.<\/p>\n<p>But these *Fishpond* affiliated models really take it to the next level. \u00a0The key is the Vibram sole. \u00a0Instead of the classic rubber bottom, both versions of the Fishpond\/Chaco flip flops get outfitted with stream-gripping Vibram rubber, the same kind they use in Simms wading boots and other similar rubber soled shoes. \u00a0The stuff is noticeably sticky, too: after wearing a new pair indoors for a while, I realized I had attracted a surprising amount of carpet fuzz. \u00a0You&#8217;re not going to track in unexpected animals, but there&#8217;s definitely an increase in tackiness level.<\/p>\n<p>How much of an increase? \u00a0Difficult to say, but I&#8217;d guesstimate in the neighborhood of 20% versus older regular Chacos. \u00a0In towing my canoe up a familiar section of stream the other day after fishing lower down for stripers, I realized I had not slipped even once, which is the first time on that particular section that has ever happened to me.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong>Five stars out of five.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Purchase:\u00a0<\/strong>From <a href=\"http:\/\/fishpondusa.com\/product\/detail\/fishpond-chaco-flips\/2303\">Fishpond<\/a> ($70).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Everyone knows Chaco makes great flip flops. \u00a0I&#8217;ve used a very similar model to the Fishpond Flips above for years (I can&#8217;t stand the Achilles heel-grabbing models with the rear strap). \u00a0When wading with Chacos on, you&#8217;re in pretty good hands, given the structure and rigidity of the sandal; much &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3696,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3695","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gear-reviews","column","onecol","has-thumbnail"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.itinerantangler.com\/blog\/podcasts\/files\/2015\/06\/chaco-flip_2-e1434144742940.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itinerantangler.com\/blog\/podcasts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3695","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itinerantangler.com\/blog\/podcasts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itinerantangler.com\/blog\/podcasts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.itinerantangler.com\/blog\/podcasts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.itinerantangler.com\/blog\/podcasts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3695"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.itinerantangler.com\/blog\/podcasts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3695\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3697,"href":"https:\/\/www.itinerantangler.com\/blog\/podcasts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3695\/revisions\/3697"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.itinerantangler.com\/blog\/podcasts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3696"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itinerantangler.com\/blog\/podcasts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3695"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.itinerantangler.com\/blog\/podcasts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3695"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.itinerantangler.com\/blog\/podcasts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3695"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}