I'm with the others here, wearing my regular wading shoes with a pair of neoprene booties. I think I've relayed this before on this board, but a short trip wet wading with my son years ago changed my outlook forever on wearing sandals for wading. He had boots on thankfully, but when we got out of the water, he had a huge baitfishing hook buried in the side of his boots. It occurred to me then that sandals or something else with thin mesh and/or openings around the perimeter of the shoe might not be the best choice for wandering around a streambottom littered with hooks from various sources.