What’s the deal with wet wading shoes?
I’m a big wet wader, I hate wearing waders and avoid it whenever possible, and I don’t really understand the design of most wet wading shoes. I have always worn my keens/crocs while wet wading as they allow my feet to breathe and are easy to clean mud and silt off of. Most wet wading shoes seem to basically just be normal shoes with a wading boot sole, it doesn’t seem like a terrible option but seems significantly less comfortable and I definitely wouldn’t want to have my foot just be soaking wet in a neoprene sock all day and get trench foot. Also I’d imagine they would fill up with mud and sand pretty easily and be difficult to clean out. Is there a reason to buy closed wet wading shoes?