At my house. To hard to post pics now. Did well . 1 male, 1 female and one female ho. The hi was skeined up the king was loose. All bit on single eggs. I thought the hi was a steel but not too dissapointed. Will cure up the eggs tomorrow. Went to my favorite place in deep fast water. All the Yahoo's were pulling hard in the shallow stuff so had close to 100 yards to myself off and on. Bad news is I broke the tip on my pole in a tree and my wading boots gave up the ghost. Bottom fell right off. Wrapped it in line to get me back. I loved the NO lace thing on the korkers but 225 $ Whooooo! They lasted 4 hard years so I got my money worth. Dale at Pineville said he will hook me up so I will probably get them unless someone has a better idea. The pole was my cheapie salmon rod so no biggie. Dale put a new too on its like a12 weight now lol. I refuse to use my good rod for sharks so I may buy an ugly stik and be done with it for sharks LOL

Sounds like a fun fishing time but a gear of trouble. BTDT.
Seems it will work out.
As for boots. Never owned a convertible sole boot, if that's what yours are. They always scared me.
Cabelas , chotas or Simms guide boots are the only I recall wearing in a
Stocking wader.
Chotas were my least favorite in durability followed by cabelas for comfort and Simms being best but they price pointed me out.
I currently use cabelas and get 4 years

Still running the korkers with the BOA system here. 3rd year on the second pair, got 4 or 5 out of the originals. I just love being able to change out the soles from within a few seconds. 
 
Those new switchback Korkers look very nice... but like you said price is steep on them new ones.

Somebody say BTDT??? 😉


As for boots, stay away from them cheapy's.. fo sho!!!

Bought a pair of them a few years back and while they was stored in the basement, the darn things shrunk. Couldn't get into em the following season, no way, no how.😯 Stupid boots!! 😈

Keep those good stories comin.


Good times and tight lines. 🍻

I finally walked through my Cabella's guide wading boots after about 10 years , maybe 5 years ago, like Cliff says the tops and bottoms gave right out together only the corker ropes held them together back to the car.  Consistent though, both fell apart within 100 yards of each other.  Went to All Seasons, and , being perpetually short of cash, bought a par of Prolines for about 50 bux, transferred my corkers to them, and I'm still wearing them.  But I suspect they are also going to quit this year, so I'm looking.  As to the Corkers, they are like the proverbial Adirondack axe, still using the original, I've only replaced the studs 3 times and the sandal part once (that's for U BTDT!!!) !  

I prefer not wearing the Korkers as they make the trip that much ''heavier'' . That's why I liked the boots with the integrated studs. Don't really care about changing the bottoms as I only wear the studs. The BOA system as there are no laces to tie and untie. They also use nice replaceable studs rather then sheet metal screws which wear faster

I have the ancient style korkers, they weigh a ton, but that's how I get my exercise.  The studs have to be hammered out and new ones hammered in with a "Special" tool, that is designed to render its user manually challenged for months.  The studs are tungsten and they come out pretty well.  Getting the new ones in is a major feet of endurance, I can usually do a about three a session! As a stringed instrument hacker, I'm thinking of spending the bux and buying the Patagonia's with the bars.  I have replaced the laces on the old korkers with rope, a tip from Fred when he was the Riverkeeper at the DSR when the common man could still afford to fish there!  (Say hello to him when you visit the hatchery, remember to leave your boots in the car!) I'm also watching for a pair of size 13 sneakers at the thrift store where I volunteer, if I find some, I'll try the snowmobile studs that some folks use, the price will beat everything going, I'll just have to screw and glue them into the soles of the sneaks.  Never going to have that chic and trendy Simms look, but …..

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I have the ancient style korkers, they weigh a ton, but that's how I get my exercise.  The studs have to be hammered out and new ones hammered in with a "Special" tool, that is designed to render its user manually challenged for months.  The studs are tungsten and they come out pretty well.  Getting the new ones in is a major feet of endurance, I can usually do a about three a session! As a stringed instrument hacker, I'm thinking of spending the bux and buying the Patagonia's with the bars.  I have replaced the laces on the old korkers with rope, a tip from Fred when he was the Riverkeeper at the DSR when the common man could still afford to fish there!  (Say hello to him when you visit the hatchery, remember to leave your boots in the car!) I'm also watching for a pair of size 13 sneakers at the thrift store where I volunteer, if I find some, I'll try the snowmobile studs that some folks use, the price will beat everything going, I'll just have to screw and glue them into the soles of the sneaks.  Never going to have that chic and trendy Simms look, but …..

Bad idea on the sneakers. BTDT. Terrible ankle support. I sported a pair high top converse in Dsr with lace on korker cleats. Norman was impressed at my style.
Fred also conveyed the paracord lacing.
Fishing with those guys and another named chrome bring a back good memories. Today they are memories of things that were.
There's a reason folks like them and Connie moved on. In some ways the mentality of fishing the tribs changed but in 35 odd years it seems a zoo will always be a zoo and you move on.
Memory lane over..

Boots :
L-13, you lost me a few times.
Are we talking studded or felt wading boots , boots with convertible soles or seprate attachable cleats to a boot ?
Original korker attachable to a boot cleats were the azz back in the day. Now with the advancement of an actual boot, they blow unless you have a crappy pair of cheap felt sole wading boots to attach them to.
Price point: why pay $50.00 for cheap boots that may last 2-3 years ,then another $89.00 for attachment korkers cleats ?
Me personally, I'll pay up front for something decent in the hundred range for a 3-5 year life span that comfortable.
If I get spendy, I'd kick down the extra fity for the Simms vibram sole and the cabelas felts in the Dacks . Honestly up there , a wading staff is more important

It is funny that you mentioned them failing apart either 100 yards L13 because this pair one boot broke where the sole connects and I Jerry rigged it with goop and screws to get me by. Next trip the other biit literally falls apart. 5 or 6 years aunt bad I guess. I will shop around a little, but will probably drop the coin on the Iron side BOA boots. On a side note don't do concrete work with your wedding band on . I got some caught under the ring and could not get it off. A trip to the ER and a badly bruised finger followed. I cannot believe he got it off. The morter mix was sand paper under tbere. It tore me up good

It is funny that you mentioned them failing apart either 100 yards L13 because this pair one boot broke where the sole connects and I Jerry rigged it with goop and screws to get me by. Next trip the other biit literally falls apart. 5 or 6 years aunt bad I guess. I will shop around a little, but will probably drop the coin on the Iron side BOA boots. On a side note don't do concrete work with your wedding band on . I got some caught under the ring and could not get it off. A trip to the ER and a badly bruised finger followed. I cannot believe he got it off. The morter mix was sand paper under tbere. It tore me up good