The 2026 Deck Boot Landscape: Where Trudave Gear Fits Among the Legacy Giants and Why Anglers Are Making the Switch
Introduction: A Market in Motion For half a century, the deck boot market was a one-brand town. If you fished, you wore the brown-and-yellow boots from Xtratuf. They were the undisputed standard on commercial fishing vessels from Kodiak to Cape Cod, earning their reputation honestly in the world’s most brutal marine conditions. As recently as…
