Vibram Soles

[strangercreek]

Has anyone seen or heard of a manufacturer coming out with kits to replace felt soles with Vibram? I am assuming that I will just have to replace my boots at some point (if they get outlawed in MO and Ark)

[eric1978]

Has anyone seen or heard of a manufacturer coming out with kits to replace felt soles with Vibram? I am assuming that I will just have to replace my boots at some point (if they get outlawed in MO and Ark)

I would wait until they are outlawed (which they won't be). Vibram soles are good for hiking and terrible for wading. I wore my Chacos on a float about a month ago, and just about broke my neck dragging the canoe through a shoal with small, slippery boulders. I would stick with felt.

[Zack Hoyt]

I dont see how you could replace the soles, unless they have the removable soles. Alot depends on how the felt is stitched into the shoe.

[strangercreek]

alot of the felt soles I have seen are glued on, hence the felt sole replacement kits that are available, however they are stitched to the shoe on my Simms L2s

[fishinwrench]

I've seen the talk in flyfishing mags bragging about Vibram wading boots, and I just can't imagine hard rubber soles on slippery moss covered rock. That's a recipe for a busted rearend if I ever heard it.

[eric1978]

I've seen the talk in flyfishing mags bragging about Vibram wading boots, and I just can't imagine hard rubber soles on slippery moss covered rock. That's a recipe for a busted rearend if I ever heard it.

Indeed, my rump done been busted. No rubber for me, I'll stick with felt.

[Geoff]

I would wait until they are outlawed (which they won't be). Vibram soles are good for hiking and terrible for wading.

i respectfully disagree. i am extremely happy with the vibram streamtread soles on my Simms boats. wore then the whole trip to colorado this year and they preformed wonderfully.

[eric1978]

i respectfully disagree. i am extremely happy with the vibram streamtread soles on my Simms boats. wore then the whole trip to colorado this year and they preformed wonderfully.

You didn't find them slippery on those softball sized slimy boulders?

[fishinwrench]

You didn't find them slippery on those softball sized slimy boulders?

Greased cannonballs ? Or a slab of snot covered 20-degree tilted bedrock ? Do they have that in Colorado ?

[Wayne SW/MO]

Or a slab of snot covered 20-degree tilted bedrock ?

I can't see anything short of felt working on that stuff. There's some of it on Finley, just below the dam, that you have to careful on with felt soles.