Felt Soles For Your Soul

[troutfiend1985]

http://www.castawayflies.com/

The author recommends a soak of 5% bleach, 5% saline, 5% detergent, in very hot water for a min. 40 minutes. While this probably would work just fine, I would question how many people would actually take the time to do this... Of course, you could just have 2 pairs, use interchangably, and make sure the felt is completely dry before your next trip. Then again, you could just ban them.

Now see, I wonder if they could make a boot where the sole could detach, allowing people to have interchangeable soles for wading. You could have 3 or 4 of them. Go wading in stream A, change the soles, go wading in stream B, change the soles . . . Repeat the changing of the soles to allow the sole to dry. Just a thought. And it seems time kills this stuff, so it would work. Less restrictive than a flat out ban on felt IMO.

Now hey, where is the enforcement junkies that I always see. "You can make it, but no one will enforce it. . ." It never fails, I oppose a regulation and the peanut gallery fails to show up

[troutfiend1985]

I have decided that the best solution is to wet wade naked, then burn the rod, line and flies after each outing. I'm hoping this catches on, it'd be quite humorous to visit Bennett and watch...

With all the "attractive" people frequenting Bennett, the state might loose business.

[Outside Bend]

Now see, I wonder if they could make a boot where the sole could detach, allowing people to have interchangeable soles for wading. You could have 3 or 4 of them. Go wading in stream A, change the soles, go wading in stream B, change the soles . . . Repeat the changing of the soles to allow the sole to dry. Just a thought. And it seems time kills this stuff, so it would work. Less restrictive than a flat out ban on felt IMO.

You forgot to mention it's completely impractical, too.

[snagged in outlet 3]

I guess I'll step into the line of fire.

Why is it impractical?

Actually sounds like a good idea to me.

SIO3

[Outside Bend]

To my knowledge, Korkers is the only company which makes wading boots with interchangeable soles. I'd have a bigger problem with the government advocating a specific brand of boots than the government banning boots of a particular style.

The issue is there's a high likelihood felt soles spread aquatic invasives, and continuing to use felt soles doesn't address that issue. Interchangeable felt soles only help if people actually use them, and there's no mechanism to determine whether folks have a handful of soles they use interchangeably, or if they just continue to use one felt sole everywhere they go. Unless you can figure that one out, it's not actually doing anything.

[FishinCricket]

I feel you Cricket but what about your body hair? Are you going to burn that off too?

SIO3

Heck, I did that years ago when trying to save a crack baby from a burning meth lab...

Besides, I see no evidence that body hair can transmit Diddymo...

[Chief Grey Bear]

Chief, you know what I took your statement out of context and I am sorry. I was overly sensitive. Looking at this, I hope that one day I am smart enough to read before I write.

No problem. I do the same thing. We all have.

A q-tip dipped in a cell suspension could harbor upward of 10^8 cells. Two felt boots certainly will soak up a few. Rather than forcing people to part with their choice of footwear, we should come up with an inovative way of ridding the felt of algae. A multiple soak treatment, or something.

I would be all for that. If the people would really do it. We all have a tendency to get lazy though. And I am certainly not above being that at times.

[jdmidwest]

Does drying out the felt actually prevent the spread of the diatom? I thought it could cyst up and resist drying.

[troutfiend1985]

So I've put down my gloves, stopped thinking about logic and started using my heart a little. I think I would die if Crane or another blue ribbon stream had didymo. I'll check out these boots this winter, right now money is tight enough that I can't get out and buy them, let alone fish. If they are acceptable, then I'll purchase them. Not saying I'm conceding my position about felt, but I'll take the safe route.

While some of our topics get off topic, or thrown for a loop, I feel that this one has aired out both side pretty well. Thus, this quote seems to suit

“The best test of truth is the power of the thought to get itself accepted in the competition of the market of ideas, and that truth is the only ground upon which their wishes safely can be carried out.” J. Holmes

[Wheatenheimer]

“The best test of truth is the power of the thought to get itself accepted in the competition of the market of ideas, and that truth is the only ground upon which their wishes safely can be carried out.” J. Holmes

Who knew '70's Adult film star John Holmes was such a philospher!