Studded wading boots a must...

I am about to purchase my first drift boat and it shall be wood. However it will be used almost exclusively on the Deschutes River and thus fishing in studded wading boots at all times. Other than tossing mats or pieces of carpet in the boat what are other ways others have solved for or worked around this problem?

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Permalink Reply by Dave Z on November 22, 2010 at 5:31am
plain old wood. just count on replacing your floors every 5 or so years. no big deal.
Permalink Reply by Lawrence E. Long on November 22, 2010 at 7:21am
AMEN- keep it simple
Permalink Reply by Jeremy Christensen on November 22, 2010 at 7:51am
A friend uses commercial rubber kitchen mats in his boat, cut to fit.
Permalink Reply by Greg Hatten on November 22, 2010 at 8:10am
I went the "rubber mat" route a few years ago and really like em... cut to fit for the passenger area up front and for the rowers "foot-well"....
GH

Permalink Reply by Mike Baker on November 22, 2010 at 3:58pm
Dave is right on. Oil the boards whenever they wear down a bit. I personally cover the rowers foot well with floorboards. Never liked the Idea of standing directly on the hull bottom.
Mike

Permalink Reply by Michael stark on November 22, 2010 at 5:48pm
Most excellent solutions gang. Thank you!

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