I grew up on a river where the lawn stopped the river started we often put on a set of hip boots and scuttled down the river.
My hunting partner did not show for 5 days on a moose hunt he had our heater for our tent! Stayed below 20 above on a fall moose hunt. Could not put leather boots on they were frozen, stayed in my hip boots all the time and did quite well.
If you wear waders or hip boots in flowing water you should know how to use them if you go down. Tried to go swimming in Beluga LK late July hot day, and I was not up for it. Could not get past waist high. If float plane went down don,t know if I could have got to shore.
