Thread: aqua shoes for river crossings

Originally Posted by DavidGunn

Vacuum bags for back steaks from the freezing works work quite well, they are long enough to bunch the tops in your hand around groin level, after you have crossed the stream you put a stone in them and toss back to your mate so he can use them....you may well laugh at the idea but I have done many stream crossings in them and those vacuum bags are really thick and strong....and you don't take your boots off.

Sounds like a mint idea. Where do you get yours from?

Originally Posted by camenzie

Sounds like a mint idea. Where do you get yours from?

I 'acquired' mine from the freezing works i was employed at....but these days one can buy rolls of heavy duty vacuum packaging and just need a mate with a sealing machine to make a few pairs, even double layer them...so nice to cross a stream and have dry boots on the other side....use spare bags for boned out venison stashed in a creek.