Tackle Box: AFTCO knocks it out of the park with new deck boots

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BY MIKE STEVENS

SANTA ANA— Deck boots are a standard sight on the West Coast sportfishing scene, however they’re admittedly extra deeply rooted in industrial fishing. For a very long time, everybody appeared to put on the identical deck boots, however when some adjustments occurred that rubbed those that wore them probably the most the fallacious manner, it appeared like extra boots from totally different firms began popping out of the woodworks with legit competitors for deck boot hierarchy.

Contemplating its place on the fishing attire totem pole (prime of the highest), it was shocking to see them dive into the boot sport later than all the opposite firms cranking them out. On the similar time, it was not shocking in any respect that AFTCO wasn’t going to place one thing in the marketplace till it was excellent, and that was completely the case with AFTCO’s Ankle Deck Fishing Boots.

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A 2022 ICAST Better of Class winner, AFTCO Deck Fishing Boots. The rubber higher is one hundred pc waterproof, and a neoprene lining retains issues snug and fast to dry. Excessive-density chock absorbing insoles add much more consolation (probably the most snug in the marketplace from what WON has examined) and permit anglers to place in lengthy hours on deck.

Personally, I’m an enormous fan of the pull straps paired with the actual fact AFTCO’s Deck Fishing Boots aren’t as tall as a lot of the competitors (most of us ended up folding down the tall ones anyway!)  as a result of they’re very straightforward to placed on. On in a single day or multi-day journeys when an angler would possibly go from quick asleep within the bunk to bolting topside to get a bait within the water in a second’s discover, spending even a minute or two simply placing boots on could make the distinction between hooking up and lacking the chance.

Orbiting the decrease portion of the higher is a second layer of fabric which places extra safety on high-wear areas, that and a “rear kick wedge” spherical out the sturdiness components of the AFTCO boot that ensures long-lasting toughness, and that’s uncommon in a boot this snug.

AFTCO’s Hex Grip Non-Marking outsoles channel water away from the boots with every step which ends up in the final word stage of traction on even the wettest decks. A Rear Kick Wedge makes it straightforward to “kick” these boots off as nicely provide much more safety to a different high-wear space, and to me it looks like they add stability.

AFTCO Fishing Deck Fishing Boots are additionally very fashionable for sure freshwater fishing eventualities, and WON additionally heard a number of homeowners of those boots say they put on them for yardwork or every time it rains. They’re obtainable in 4 colours (Inexperienced Acid Camo, Naval, Harbor Grey and Black. Anglers are additionally very impressed with the worth level on these boots in comparison with that of the competitors.

For more information on AFTCO Fishing Deck Boots and to see the whole lot AFTCO has to supply, go to AFTCO.com

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