Lightweight Sandals for river crossings

Could anyone recommend some Lightweight sandals for doing river crosses.

Thanks

An old pair of insoles with an old sock over them. Gives about as much protection and grip as the spint-aquatics type shoes, but for free.

Or you could just wear trainers/sandals for hiking and let them dry out afterwards. Works for me!

Flip-flops are great if you like falling in rivers. Especially fast flowing rocky ones.

Crossing something like this in flip-flops would be no bother... 

I'll often ford stuff in Teva Terra Fis, but I'll have them on anyway.  I wouldn't cart something that heavy (or buy something that costly) just for river crossing.  But whatever I used I'd want it to be able to be attached reasonably firmly to my feet if I'm doing something like the second photo above.  The job of keeping a flip flop on in that sort of thing also needs to consider your feet are numb after the first few seconds (a lot of that's melt) and the bottom is very uneven and slippery.

Pete.

Peter Clinch wrote (see)

But something like this might be rather more "interesting"...

Those people aren't wearing any troos

They'd work, but I wouldn't buy a pair just for this.

Size 50 feet jammed into 47/48 flip flops?

They'd work too.  My personal objection to this is being a Softy I'd prefer something that doubles as comfortable camp-ware.

Those people aren't wearing any troos

They're Scandanavian, so That's All Right...

Pete.

Mike fae Dundee wrote (see)

Flip-flops are great if you like falling in rivers. Especially fast flowing rocky ones.

Exactly.  I do a bit of river fly fishing and it can be difficult staying on your feet when wearing wading boots with felt soles and studs and carrying a wading staff, never mind flipflops on your feet and a rucksack with an undone hipbelt swinging around on your back.

Those neoprene booties look far more suitable.

You're not all bad then, Jake.

Fly fishing used to be my life. I've had many great adventures on the Tay system. Dodging the baillifs was great fun.

I simply cross in my trail shoes. When i used to wear boots, i did exactly as ALS suggests.

If the weather is crap (cold), i'll have my g/tex socks on if the water is shallow enough.

I usually carry some duct tape, and i've thought about taping the top of the g/tex socks to my legs for deeper water.

ALoveSupreme wrote (see)

Why not just take your socks off and your insoles out, put your shoes or boots back on, and cross the river? A river crossing is not the place to give up grip or protection

that's what I do.

Unless it's summer, or my feet are totally soaked already, then I just walk on through (rolling trousers up necessary  if not wearing shorts  -trousers  with an ankle zip(e.g. Terras) can allow very high rolling up... )

Though this year I gave in and acqired someCroc clones.  Ihaven't taken them walking yet, but may try them out - they seem a good choice for camp wear if required. (don't usually bother to take anything)