Hi....I use a cane to help be balance standing in the pond...it has a large rubber cap on the end so it will not damage the liner.
Hope this helps.
RMPond

The best thing I have EVER found is those little socks they give you in the hospital when you are going to have surgery. They have little rubber strips on them and they hold very well on the slippery pond bottom.

I recomend a couple beers before hand so it wont hurt! ;) It's amazing how much more things hurt when we are a little older! (just fell down one step last week, still hobbling)and Im only 49!

water socks??? might try wearing one of those little kids blow up rings around your middle.. hee hee

any diving shop will sell beach shoes which are neoprene slippers with tough rubber soles. They don't slip easily and protect the feet from rock etc.

Ahh, the creativity of ponders here. So far, pending further guidance I see me in water slippers in a kiddie ring with either drink holders or one of those beer hats with a straw, poling my way with a cane like a Venetian gondolier. Perhaps I will post pictures later!

Seriously(?) I will try the OR socks first.

Anyone tried the rubber-like water slipper type things? I guess I can buy, but aren't waders supposed to have that non-slip function?

I guess it is hardly dead or disappeared fish--unless I fall on them--not a cosmic problem.

Thanks, anyone else want to wade in with slick ideas?

Mike

Mike....I have a visual of how you will look...cute. I am the lady with the cane. Also where are you located in PA, I live in Elysburg, small town near Bloomsburg, Lewisburg about 80 miles north of Harrisburg.
Please post pix of your "POND ATTIRE".
Have a good one
RMPond

Here's what we do for waders that we wear for fishing the streamsand rivers. Take your boots and set them on a old piece of carpet, then trace the outline. Cut that out and adhere to the bottom of the boots with contact cement.
Without doing that you WILL slip on the rocks in the creeks and rivers. I've never slipped when wearing them. I have stumbled and gone headfirst into ICE COLD waters, but that was my clumsiness and too many beers to offset boyancy...lol!

LOL! It would be ROTFLMAO except that I have wound up in that position when working in the pond. I can't say I have ever found that any foot wear is foolproof on slippery EPDM but even barefoot, a fishie nibbling at your toes can be startling enough to land you on your nether regions. They like toes. Once it happened late one afternoon just before a public garden walk at the Extension gardens. After the splash, I wound up with a rather noisy case of the giggles just as a couple who were visiting a day early, rounded the corner of the building. They didn't miss a beat as they turned, in step, and went back the way they came. I have often wondered...
In any case, I find bare feet best, so long as I rub the bottom with my foot before putting my weight down on it. Sandy

"So far, pending further guidance I see me in water slippers in a kiddie ring with either drink holders or one of those beer hats with a straw, poling my way with a cane like a Venetian gondolier."

LOL!!!!!!!! I can SO appreciate that visual. If that getup doesn't work, then the only thing I would suggest is full snorkel gear...with optional scuba tank attachment. For a DIY option, try one of those nifty fish towers on your head instead. Will help to keep the bionic ears dry...if not high.

Definitely keep the beer hat, though! And watch out for the bends!

Brenda

I use adjustable beach or surf shoes over my waders.
They help a lot.

Many years ago My friends and I went on a mountain biking trip in NC. We saw some people in the river walking up a flat rock in 2 feet of water we were having trouble just in the flat shallows. We noticed they were wearing just their socks. Found out it works great. Cotton or wool it doesn't matter. They do get really stretched out but great for traction. The carpet bottom shoe theory but much easier.

Have you tried rafting to the plants?...How big a pond are we talking about here? They've got those floating lawn chairs also...you know the ones that come equipted with beer holders..Only one problem with those...they only hold two beers..LOL...One question...When you fell in the pond did you hear the singing frog?..you know...hello my baby..hello my darling...hello my ragtime gal????? Just wondering..I hope you did anyhow...cuz that would tell me for sure that I'm not going crazy! LOL...Happy Ponding!..Dave

Many good ideas. I bought some kind of beach shoes, probably will end up with an entire wardrobe of slippery non-slip footwear.

The carpet idea is interesting. Does the backing side or the carpeted side go down? Now I find out the carpet is supposed to be on top of the rubber--make vacuuming a breeze I suppose.

I have a big project re-setting my skimmer coming along and will have to be in the slippery goo one way or another.

rmpond, I am in far western Pa, Butler, north of Pgh. As you know, nothing is close to anything in this state. But we are quite advanced here. I am working on pictures of my new ponding uniform. My son gave me a new camera but I think I broke it trying to pry it open to put in the film. I told my son and he said, "What's film?"

I obviously heard the drinking frog.

I do appreciate all the response as you can see I am a person who surely needs help.
Mike

Ha Ha LOL thats what you get for building a kayak course in your back yard.!
Let that be a lesson to all of you (us) new comers to ponding.
Keep it simple. If you want to have a wade in the water go to the local river. Allegheny Anyone?
Just Kidding Mike hope ur ok.
Mike R

D*&^ it Dave. Now that song is going to be in my head all day again. Here is a link just for you. I hope you are happy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Jenny

Here is a link that might be useful: Michigan J. Frog

This happened to me a few weeks ago. Lost my balance and slipped on the bottom. I didn't go completely under but almost did! My first reaction was to look around and make sure no neighbors saw me - we have a wrought-iron fence! I scraped myself on the rock edging of our pond. I have been wearing my Crocs with the strap pulled back around my heels since then and they provide better traction than bare feet although you could still slip.