Warm weather footwear

Surely you have seen those sandals before on the street. Some called them 'Jesus Nikes' or Sport sandals. These sandals are great footwear during warm periods as well as when you are near / on water like walking along the beach or fly fishing!

Mine are made by Teva and I believe they are the original and still the best. Keen (Simms' sandals are made by Keen) also makes similar ones too. It's really amazing how comfortable these sandals are as well as durable. Did I mention light? I bought the ones with rubber inner soles since they will get wet often. The street versions have suede inner soles which are said to be more comfortable, but handle water badly since untreated leather will crack eventually.

Obviously these sandals are great for wet wading (not the really tricky river situations though, just for rock hopping style of fishing) as well as wading in tropical saltwater fishing.

Check them out at your local outdoors or sports outlet.

World Cup 2006 (IV) - the verdict

Italy wins the World Cup 2006 after taking penalties.

So, what's my verdict of the World Cup? The commercial pressure is dominating football and that's not a good thing. Teams are formed with big names even though they aren't in their best shape. Again, the big bucks involved in these players seems to play a huge influence who plays or who doesn't. The long football season with all those matches, both league as well as the European Cup tournaments like the Champions League, have exhausted these players. They just can't rev up for another month for such an event as the World Cup.

I think these football associations need to rethink what football is all about. Now, it looks like football is on second plan behind the big bucks...


Now, let's talk about fly fishing again!