I have the same problem and bought the Magellan wading boots and my feet are happy. During the winter when wearing waders, my feet were in pain so I made the switch. They are cheap but no more pain. Although I have been lucky over the years with avoiding stingrays. I am thinking about getting the Foreeverlast ray guards.

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Interesting I would’ve never thought these would work. I’ll try a pair on.

Do the front zippers stay zipped up? I’ve had one pair of front zippers boots and the zipper would slide down about every 10 minutes of wading.

 

Yes, the zippers are solid and will hold up. Had them for 2 yrs and I use them all year; winter, kayaking, and wading the surf.

I do rinse them after every use.

 

try adding an arch support

 

Yeah like I said that’s what I’ve been doing but inserting arch supports really only works if the insoles in the wading boots are removable, and arch supports inserts aren’t made for wade fishing. The sand and mud eats them up in a hurry. Looking for a more permanent solution other than stop wade fishing.

 

Have you tried the freesalts? Just based off appearance they look like they have more arch support than the flats sneakers.

 

I have not but I did talk to someone with Simms and they don’t make a wading boot specifically for high arch feet. What I’ve found over the years looking for high arch boots and shoes it’s pretty much impossible to look at a shoe or boot and tell whether it has high arch support or not. What’s in the outside of the boot isn’t reflective of what’s in the inside.

 

Simms new flats sneaker is improved. Arch seems higher … keep away from hot garage. The glues will come loose and you’ll blow a sole while wading

 

I have high arch feet which makes finding a wading boot that doesn’t hurt my feet a challenge. For the past year and a half I’ve been using Simms Flat Sneakers because they have a removable insole and I just replace the insole with a high arch Dr Scholls insole. But that is a bandaid because the insoles don’t last long.

I’ve tried a number of different wading boots. Even tried some scuba diving boots and can’t find a wading boot for high arch feet which

Anyone have high arch feet that have found a good wading boot solution?

Barts Bay Armor

 

Tried them. The soles are flat as a pancake compared to a shoe with high arch support. They do have some arch support it’s just not for feet with high arch.

 

Get thee to a podiatrist and have him make you a custom life-time arch support. Your insurance company will probably pay for it. I am still using the same ones for about 20 years now. I'm older than dirt, but the arch supports help a ton.

 

Interesting hadn’t thought about. I ordered a pair of insoles that were mentioned and linked above and the material seems to be much better for wading boots compared to the Dr Scholls that was using. I did try them out a little this weekend and so far no issues or pain. I’m going to check into the custom arch supports though. I appreciate the info!

 

I often overlook the obvious. You are in good company. Ha ha