[QUOTE=anglerdave;389739]LEAVE THE LACES ALONE!! LOL!!! They are perfectly to my liking. It's the first pair of wading boots I've had where the laces are long enough. I can double knot them so they don't come undone and they also help in pulling up the zipper. My tender fingers don't like doing that, especially after they get all cracked from the cold dry air in Colorado or here during steelhead season.