new reg?

I was told that a new reg for NY was acted on stating that NO FELT SOLE WADERS were to be used in there waters. Is that true and if so did it go into effect yet. I am going up later this week and should I buy now boots. I wear felt with cleats.

Am sure its coming- they have done it elsewhere- will cost me every pair of boots and waders I own Including the wifes and grand kids stuff and those I keep for company as well. If I stay on the cheap side at least half dozen pair-  bout a grand easy.

I had a pair of Simms wading boots with Aquastealth vibram soles that I purchsed a few years back. Finally gave them a try after putting the carbide studs on them. I was very pleased with how they performed. Much more comfortable than the Korker wading sandals.

Started out two seasons ago with boot foot neoprene. Bought first pair of breathable stockingfoot and felt/studded shoes at Pineville this past season. Price was right and was reassured that no ban in the works. My buddy had no problem tracking me as my dinner plate size tracks in snow were down to grass. Felt is no fun in winter on steep banks even with cleats. New pair ,rubber,/w cleats will be bought at Cabela's this weekend.

If they enforce the reg like they do snagging or littering it will be a huge success.


I bought my first set of corkers this fall and I do not know how I lived so many years without them. I can cross places with ease that my buddy with felt bottoms will not even dare. I know they are a bit heavy, but worth every ounce of weight.

I use  rubber soles to comply, and as I said, they work better in snow and in the surf, but, shoving more regs down peoples throats is kind of ridiculous. Trout Unlimited was the main mover behind this. Vermont is already waffling on their ban. I doubt tickets will be issued. TU and Simms had a deal worked out, as they were the first ones to go all rubber. Didn't quite gain the traction they hoped, so now they jumped back into making felt boots. Somebodies a-hole got sore on this one. A gradual phasing out with some more improvements and lots of leeway is the way to go. Didymo is in my home river, the Battenkill, and the most heavily infected river in the US. the South Holston in eastern Tenn., I fished at least a week a year for near 20 years. And no, it wasn't me. I soaked my boots in bleach after I came home. There's also mud snails and whirling disease and  several other harmful passengers on wading shoes. Keep your felts til they fall off.

ORIGINAL: Clint S

I bought my first set of corkers this fall and I do not know how I lived so many years without them. I can cross places with ease that my buddy with felt bottoms will not even dare. I know they are a bit heavy, but worth every ounce of weight.

+1

Clint - alot of guys donot care for them because:
1) yes they are a bit heavy, but the strapless models are bulletproof,
2) they are fugly, and will never grace the front of a LLBean, Orvis, or Simms webpage, therefore are automatically rejected by the fashion-conscious metro-polly-teen-anglers.

but they miss the facts that:

1)Besides anchoring your feet while wading, they allow you to traverse up/down slippery river banks like a Billy Goat - thru mud,snow,or solid ice.
2)You can strap them over any footwear - includding old sneakers for summer wet wading.


Mine are ten years old and still going strong. Not sure when I will ever pop the box on the backup pair I bought 7 years ago.

Your Korkers will serve you well.

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as far as this BS REG:

IMO - it is a crock of chit and I don't doubt that somehow the wading shoes manufacturers pushed for this to increase their sales when the masses fell for this bureaucratic nonsense.

I'd like to know if the microscopic didymo critters know enough to not attach to the seams, boot laces, and other little nooks & crannies in the boots and waders, as well as any clothing like a coat,short sleeve, ot even fanny pack that may take a dip.

Bleach?? yeah right, I'm going to bleach my stuff and destroy it... hahahahahaha

If when, the felt ban comes to fruition in NY and/or PA, I will

take a grinder to the bottom of my felt waders, grind the felts off, then had a shoe cobbler reattach regular soles of some sort. I am not buying new PT Barnum wading shoes until the three pair of mine eventually give up the ghost via old age.

So, in summary, I'll be the guy with the ground-down wading boots, wearing korkers(btw the porous material of the korker straps can probably hold 1/2 million didymo critters).

I'll try to atone for my didymo smuggling sins, maybe I'll tote my 12ga and blow away every waterfowl I see - the real didymo transporters...

BS Bandaid Regs (that fix nothing) are laughable at best, ignorable in my book.

Besides, we are all going to die from man-made global warming within the nest 10 years anyway - the SCIENTISTS SAY SO !!! - IT MUST BE TWUE!!! IT MUST BE TWUE!!!

later

Some cobblers already are offering the sole replacement service, but it is expensive. Around 70.00 as of now.
The bleach solution, or 409 cleaner, works on many organisms (Didymo ain't the only thing). It's a 10% solution -not trying to make your boots a dumb blonde.   A number of places in Wyo. and Mont. have troughs at accesses  to wash your **** off. Whirling disease and a few of the other viruses can do a number. The didymo spores have to remain wet to survive. Thus they travel great in felt which stays wet while everything else dries out. So a pair of felts in a trunk driving north from Tn. is a good carrier, whereas a duck takes to F'in long to get the job done. If you dry the felts out- like  only fishing once a month, or never travel- not a problem. The didymo only takes hold in relatively sterile, cold,  freestone rivers.  The SR would never get it.
 
Charlie
 
 

Slammo, there's a crowded little river. Too close to the  Capital of Crime.  The Savage, out in W. Maryland does have  the Didymo.  I met a guy on the SR the other day, who lives on it. I may have to check it out next time I drive south.  I did fish the  Powderpuff. It's OK. Hope you hang a gator. 

I was referring to ducks on the east-west flyway.
Fire away.
 
Charlie

Wish I fished enough to worry about it. My shoes always have time to dry thoroughly.Buying rubber soled, cleated shoes this weekend. Last trip it took me 20 minutes to climb back up a steep bank with felt w/cleats. Almost made it twice then had to start all over again. May start carrying a rope too.

thanks
Im heading up tommorrow for the weekend I will get in contact with my brother and tell him to go and buy a new pair with the felt like some of the others we too fish the salmon most of the time and when we do go else where our stuff is dried out
thanks again hope to see you all some time
semper fi