I used to be a huge fan of felt soles until I got a pair of Chota Citico Creeks with the replaceable cleats. I tried them without the cleats and with. On the local rivers I'm definately a fan of the cleats. It takes about 5 minutes to remove the cleats if I'm climbing into my buddies drift boat.

My wife has the Chota STL's and loves them, also with the replaceable and removable cleats.

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